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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Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M AYP CEY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Ares standing to right, wearing helmet, holding spear and resting hand on shield. H&J 12.18.11.1-2; Ruzicka -; Varbanov 2178 var. (bust type; Ares to left). 20.56gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 15mm. 1st century AD. Uncertain date. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[...], laurel branch. Cf. RPC I, 4306. 3.72gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Severis Alexander, as Caesar, AE 24mm of Raphanea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΡЄΦΑΝЄΩΤΩΝ, Genius, wearing kalathos, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; eagles flanking, bull at feet. Cf. RPC VI, 8196 (temporary); cf. Nurpetlian, Orontes Valley 24. 7.87gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
