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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.).
Provenance
From 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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