LOT 3247
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. 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 3247
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Septimius Severus AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Cf. Varbanov 723. 3.97gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX Є-Ξ YΠA TO B, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to left, head to right. RPC VII.2 3513; Prieur 295. 14.16gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / [COL IVL AVG FEL I O M H COL HEL (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Iupiter Optimus Maximus Colonia Heliopolitana)], view of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6514; Sawaya series 51, 570-9. 13.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
