LOT 3200
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX Є-Ξ YΠA TO B, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to left, head to right. RPC VII.2 3513; Prieur 295. Good Very Fine.(14.16gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3200
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Tiberius AE 19mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[TI] AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. 3.31gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, drapery(?) on far shoulder / Isis or Euthenia standing to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; in field, L I-Γ. Cf. RPC III, 4463; cf. Dattari (Savio) Suppl. Pl. 5, 81. 22.95gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen on RPC.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. After AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΘЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Three grain ears tied together, NT-BO across fields; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 Online 6365 (temporary); Sofaer 15; Kindler 11; Spijkerman 15. 2.16gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
