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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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝΑ, draped busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, facing one another / OVΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛEWN (second WN ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right arm and holding sceptre. RPC VII.2 1180; AMNG 651. 15.47gr, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 210-211. ΦΛ. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΣ (Flavius Ulpianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC I, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. AMNG I 1579 var. (bust); Varbanov 3137 var. (same). 13.19gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 21mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Varbanov 723. 4.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
