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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Macedon, Koinon of Macedon AE Triassarion or 3 Assaria. Time of Gordian, AD 238-244. Beroea mint. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AΛEΞANΔPOY, diademed head of Alexander the Great to right / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩKOP, Alexander the Great, on horseback to right, brandishing spear with his right hand. AMNG III 575 var (reverse legend). 13.43gr, 27mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. 3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / L Є (date) within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75716; Köln 3089; Dattari (Savio) 5469; K&G 106.49; Emmett 3961.5. 10.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a UK gallery.
