LOT 2778
Hadrian AE 32mm of the Koinon of Bithynia. Circa AD 117-138.
Uncertain Koinon mint, possibly Nicomedia. AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / KOI-NON BEIΘH(?)NIAC, octastyle temple on podium of two steps, pellet between middle columns, figure in the pediment; below, prow. Cf. RPC III, 1017; cf. RG 38. Near Very Fine.(20.93gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). 3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 219. AVT K M A ••• ANΤധNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to left with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ Є across fields. Prieur 272; McAlee 763. 13.88gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
