LOT 2771
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Pentassarion of Marcianopolis, Moesia. AD 238-244.
Prosius Tertullianus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 241-244. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥ[...], confronted busts of emperor, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, and empress, diademed and draped to left; ΤΡΑΝΚΥ[ΛΛЄΙΝΑ] in two lines in exergue / [ΥΠ ΤEΡΤ]ΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ(ligate), Homonoia standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VII.2, 1440; AMNG 1186. Near Very Fine.(11.71gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2771
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Pentassarion of Marcianopolis, Moesia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Hadrian AE 32mm of the Koinon of Bithynia. Circa AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Uncertain Koinon mint, possibly Nicomedia. AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / KOI-NON BEIΘH(?)NIAC, octastyle temple on podium of two steps, pellet between middle columns, figure in the pediment; below, prow. Cf. RPC III, 1017; cf. RG 38. 20.93gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Euthenia reclining to left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on sphinx; L TPICKA[I] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5731; Köln 999; Dattari (Savio) 1710; K&G 32.473. 16.02gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 90, 23 June 2024, lot 345 (dealer's ticket included). -
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Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 18mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
K M OΠЄΛ ΔΙΑΔOYMЄNIA-ΝΟC, bare head to right / ΝΙΚOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠPΟC ICT, bunch of grapes. Varbanov 3608; AMNG I 1887. 5.42gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
