LOT 2927
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 242. AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. Extremely Fine.(11.94gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2927
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Decapolis, Petra AE 13mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Crossed cornucopiae. RPC III, 4098B; Sofaer 1. 1.41gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1). [ΑV]Τ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right, drapery over far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon, wearing sekhemti (pschent) crown, erect to right on ground line, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn in its coils; L Є (date) in exergue. RPC III 5270; Dattari (Savio) 1546 & 1548; Emmett 803.5. 11.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M [...] CЄB •, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T : B •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to left with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ Є across fields. Cf. Prieur 272; cf. McAlee 763. 14.70gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
