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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Commodus AE 23mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Μ Α[Υ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟ]Ν ЄΥΤ, laureate head to right / ΙЄΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis Pharia standing to right, wearing lotus and holding billowing sail. RPC IV.3, 6774 (temporary); Rouvier 686; SNG Copenhagen 139. 8.13gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Philip I AE 21mm of Metropolis, Ionia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
M IOY • ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHTPO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20411; SNG BnF 1652; SNG Copenhagen 933. 4.58gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 (AD 69/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head of Vespasian to right / ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, laureate head of Titus to right; star to left, barred B (date) to right. RPC II 1940; McAlee 328; Prieur 106A. 15.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
