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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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears(?) in her right hand, left hand on grounded shield, date in field. Cf. RPC III 5825 (dated RY 17). 24.86gr, 35mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left on crocodile, holding cornucopia and reed; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, L TPICKAI (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5730; Köln 1001; Dattari (Savio) 1801; K&G 32.470; Emmett 1014.13. 23.20gr, 35mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Isis seated to right, nursing Harpocrates; oinochoe atop short coulmn to right, all within distyle temple façade with uraeus in pediment; L in exergue, ΔധΔЄ-KATOV (date) around. RPC IV.4, 1123; Dattari (Savio) 9066; Geissen 1914; Emmett 1888. 19.99gr, 34mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
