LOT 3137
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Prosius Tertullianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ TPANKVΛ-ΛЄINA (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another / VΠ TEPTVΛΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛΙ-TΩN (ΩN ligate), Athena standing to left, holding spear and resting hand upon shield; E (mark of value) to left. RPC VII.2, 1437; AMNG 1176-7. Very Fine.(13.33gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3137
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Philip II, as Caesar AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn with poppy and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48375; Karayotov 370-88. 12.14gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Augustus AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[AVG], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656; SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); Varbanov 3770. 4.95gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
