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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.).
Provenance
From 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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