LOT 3190
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 109.
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). Very Fine. Lightly toned.(13.09gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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.
