Elagabalus Æ 22mm of Ephesus, Ionia. AD 218-222. ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ, galley sailing to right, with aplustre on stern and standard on prow, five rowers; Δ above. RPC VI Online 4928 (temporary); Karwiese 673-5. 4.46g, 22mm, 6h.
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. RY 5 = AD 221/2. Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ [ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ ЄΥϹЄΒ], laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / Bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis and Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin; LЄ (date) in right field. RPC VI Online 10143 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4106; Emmett 2914.5. 13.13g, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Auctioned in association with and on behalf of Numismática Lucernae, Jaén.
Description
Severus Alexander Æ 25mm of Troas, Alexandria. AD 222-235. I M AVR S(retrograde) ELEXANDRS(retrograde), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL AVG TROA, drunken Hercules advancing to right, leaning on Pan's shoulder standing in front of him, and supported by two satyrs standing behind. RPC VI Online 3987 (temporary); Bellinger A335. 9.22g, 25mm, 1h.
Severus Alexander Æ 29mm of Hieropolis, Cyrrhestica. AD 222-235. AYT KAI MAP AYP CЄY ΑΛΕΞANΔΡΟC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΘЄΑC CΥΡΙΑC ΙЄΡOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Atargatis seated facing on lion advancing to right, head to right, holding sceptre. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -. 15.15g, 29mm, 11h.
Maximus, as Caesar, Æ 32mm of Ninica-Claudiopolis, Cilicia. Circa AD 235-238. [C] I[V]L VЄΠ • MAXIM[VΓ] CAЄГ (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/ms: Δ within circle, six rayed star and three victories to right / COL [NI]NIC, she-wolf standing to right under tree, suckling the twins; star in right field, CLAVΔ in exergue. RPC VI Online 6909 (temporary, under Maximinus I); SNG Levante -; SNG BnF -; SNG Pfälzer 981; for c/ms: Howgego 262 451 and 669. 15.70g, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; pleasant green patina.
From a private English collection;
Acquired from Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Description
Gordian III Æ 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CAB TPANKVΛΛINA, confronted draped busts of Gordian, laureate and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, wearing stephane / OVΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛEΩN, Asclepius standing facing, head to left, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. AMNG 665; Varbanov 745-6. 12.86g, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the William Stancomb Collection;
Acquired from Pavlos Pavlou, June 2001.
Description
Gordian III Æ 26mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. Sabinius Modestus, consular legate. AVT K M ANTѠ ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ (ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠ CAB MOΔECTOV NIKOΠOΛEITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON, Asclepius standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 28785; H&J, Nikopolis 8.36.20.4; AMNG 2059-61; Varbanov 4166. 12.54g, 26mm, 1h.
Gordian III Æ Medallion of Odessus, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, raising hand and holding globe / ΟΔΗⳞⳞΕΙΤΩΝ, Emperor, radiate and in military dress, standing to left, holding vertical spear and patera over altar. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 28521 (temporary); AMNG 2317; Varbanov 4440. 22.07g, 35mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; minor cleaning marks visible in fields, pleasant dark green patina.
From the property of an American collector;
Ex Solidus Numismatik, Premier Auction 39, 24 March 2019, lot 30 (hammer: 850 EUR).
Description
Gordian III Æ 23mm of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244. ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, laureate head to right / ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC VII.2 Unassigned ID 28107 (temporary); AMNG 3504. 7.38g, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
Description
Gordian III Ӕ 25mm of Bruzus, Phrygia. AD 238-244. AYT K M ANTΩ ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BPOYZHNΩN, Hekate standing facing on globe, head to right, holding torch in each hand. RPC VII 712; SNG Copenhagen 235; BMC 31. 8.40g, 25mm, 6h.
Gordian III Æ 28mm of Tripolis, Lydia. AD 238-244. ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΤΡΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RPC VII.I 741.10 (this coin - online, not cited in publication); GPRC Lydia 156 (this coin). 9.64g, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From a private European collection;
This coin published in D. Kurth, Greek and Roman Provincial Coins Lydia, (Istanbul, 2020);
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1278.
Description
Gordian III Æ 31mm of Pompeiopolis, Cilicia. Dated CY 306 = AD 240/1. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with gorgoneion on breastplate; Π-Π across fields / ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, bare-headed and draped bust of Aratus to right; ΑϚ ϚΤ (date) before. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 2338; Ziegler 594; SNG BnF 1250. 17.47g, 30mm, 6h.
Gordian III Æ 38mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-240. IMP CAES M ANT GOR[DIANVS AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [A]NTIOCHIA, priestly implements: jug between lituus and knife on left, and simpulum and sprinkler on right; SR in exergue. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 3276; BMC 106; SNG BnF 1233. 22.84g, 38mm, 12h.
Very Fine; double struck. Rare.
From a private UK collection.
This coin has been double struck, with the flan being turned by about 90º between strikes leading to the duplication of the first part of the obv. legend over the second half, and the end of the rev. legend covering the beginning.
Description
Gordian III Æ 34mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Pietas standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lit altar to left and incense box; three standards on far left, the furthest to left surmounted by Victory standing to left; SR in exergue. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 3372. 25.11g, 34mm, 7h.
Philip I Æ 28mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 244-245. IMP N IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Pax advancing to left, holding branch and sceptre; S-R across fields. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3345; SNG BnF 1273-5. 13.43g, 27mm, 6h.
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244. AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing facing on palm, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; SC in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29183; McAlee 887; Prieur 319. 10.91g, 26mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private North American collection.
Description
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 1 = AD 245. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ A, eagle standing facing on palm, head to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; SC in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29037; Prieur 339; McAlee 895. 11.32g, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private North American collection.
Description
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 = AD 247. AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Γ, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ANTIOXIA SC in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29021; McAlee 902; Prieur 371. 10.74g, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private North American collection.
Description
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 = AD 247. AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Γ, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath in beak and wings spread; ANTIOXIA SC in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29021; McAlee 902; Prieur 371. 12.00g, 27mm, 6h.