LOT 3122
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis AE 17mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
MAPKIA-NOΠOΛIC, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right / MAPKIAN-OΠOΛIT-ΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on drum. H&J, Marcianopolis 6.0.31.2. Very Fine.(4.40gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / [COL IVL AVG FEL I O M H COL HEL (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Iupiter Optimus Maximus Colonia Heliopolitana)], view of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6514; Sawaya series 51, 570-9. 13.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 109.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Є, eagle with spread wings standing facing on club, head to left; to right, palm frond. RPC III, 3532; McAlee 437 (Tyre); Prieur 1494 (Tyre). 13.09gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ TPANKYΛ-ΛЄINA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian to right facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to left / MHTPO ΠONTOY TOMEΩC, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; Δ (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1724; AMNG 3512. 13.46gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
