LOT 3166
Macedon, Koinon of Macedon AE Triassarion or 3 Assaria. Time of Gordian, AD 238-244. Beroea mint. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
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). Good Very Fine.(13.43gr, 27mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Faustina II AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 of Antoninus Pius (AD 150/151).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΦAVCTINA CЄB CЄB ЄVCЄB ΘVΓ, draped bust to right, hair tied up in a bun / Griffin, as Nemesis, seated to right with left forepaw on wheel; [I]Δ (date) to left, L in exergue. RPC IV.4, 1302; Dattari (Savio) 3317; K&G 38.62; Emmett 1986.14 (R2). 20.52gr, 34mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Odessos, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left, wearing kalathos; cornucopia behind / OΔHCCЄITΩN, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at his feet; E (mark of value) in upper left field. RPC VII.2, 1576; AMNG 2326. 11.25gr, 26mm, 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.
