LOT 2785
Marcus Aurelius AE 37mm of Tralleis, Lydia AD 161-180.
Struck circa AD 161-165. ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΟΣ, ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ (Euarestos, grammateus). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ЄΠΙ] ΓΡΑ ЄΥ-ΑΡЄϹ[ΤΟΥ] ΤΡΑΛ[ΛΙΑΝΩΝ] ('under the grammateus Euarestos, of the Trallians'), Heracles, nude, seated to left on rock covered with lion skin, holding patera (or apple) in right hand, and resting his left on club. RPC IV.2, 2882 (temporary); GRPC 222. Good Fine.(25.35gr, 37mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AE 29mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated CY 5 (AD 244). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, between bull and lion; AN V in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2396; AMNG 100. 18.67gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 16mm. Circa AD 40-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. [ΘE]ON CYN-KΛHTON, draped bust of Senate to right / ΘEAN PΩ-MHN, draped bust of Roma to right. RPC I 2374; SNG BnF 1964-1967. 3.75gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
