LOT 3153
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 28mm of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 244-247.
M IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / MHTPOΠ ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Tyche standing facing, holding sceptre and cornucopia; at feet, right, Pontus Euxinus (personification of the Black Sea), swimming to right, crab claws on head. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28158; AMNG 3613. Near Very Fine.(14.80gr, 28mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3153
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 28mm of Tomis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. 3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 20mm. Dated SE 293 (20/19 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; ΓꟼΣ (date) downwards in inner left field. DCA 413. 6.26gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝΑ, draped busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, facing one another / OVΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛEWN (second WN ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right arm and holding sceptre. RPC VII.2 1180; AMNG 651. 15.47gr, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
