LOT 3138
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Prosius Tertullianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ ϹЄB ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛ-ΛЄΙΝΑ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another / VΠ TEPTVΛΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠO-ΛITΩN (ΩΝ ligate), Nemesis standing to left, holding cubit rule and bridle; wheel at feet; E (mark of value) to upper left. Very Fine.(13.30gr, 27mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3138
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. -
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. -
Gordian III AE Medallion of Odessus, Moesia Inferior. AD 242.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, decorated with gorgoneion, raising right hand in salute and holding globe in left / OΔHCCEITΩN, The Great God standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. RPC VII.2 1497; AMNG I 2314; Varbanov 4444. 30.48gr, 37mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
