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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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated Caesarian Era 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ANTIOXЄധN THC M[HTPOΠOΛЄധC], laureate head of Zeus to right / Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping pebble into voting urn; [ЄT ZOP] in exergue. RPC III, 3737; McAlee 126d. 4.75gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Attica, Athens AE 10mm. Circa AD 120-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Agora Periods VB and C. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis(?); all within dotted border / Owl standing to left, head facing, A-ΘΗ in fields. RPC IV.1 Online 8273.25 (temporary); Kroll 229; Svoronos pl. 88, 49. 1.74gr, 10mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 351-355. 3rd officina. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, helmeted soldier to left, spearing fallen horseman below; shield on ground to right; Γ in upper left field, • SMNS in exergue. RIC VIII 86 var. (headwear). 5.72gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
