LOT 3013
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. Near Very Fine.(24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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LOT 3013
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks on AE As of Vespasian. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rome mint; struck 74 CE. Legio X Fretensis issue. [IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS], laureate head of Vespasian to right; large X in square countermark / Spes advancing to left, holding flower; [S C in fields]. Cf. RIC II.1 730; cf. RCV 2361. For countermark: Howgego 735ii (Ascalon, circa 85/6 CE). 8.44gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck AD 112-114. AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠATO Ϛ (''tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time''), aquila between two signa; wreath on left signum and hand on right signum. RPC III 4055; Metcalf 9. 9.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Possibly Legio XII Fulminata issue. Flavian(?) bust to right; thunderbolt within rectangular countermark / Blank. For countermark: Howgego 475. 9.09gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector.
The thunderbolt countermarks may have been applied for the Legio II Fulminata, but Howgego also suggests that they more likely relate to the cult of Zeus Hypsistos.
