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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction 5Auction date: 23 March 2013
Lot number: 866

Lot description:


Gordian III Æ36 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-44. AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate and draped bust left, wearing cuirass ornamented with gorgon head, raising right hand and holding globe in left / VΠΤΕΡΤVΛΛ IA NOVMAΡKIANOΠΟΛΙΤΩ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, Tyche of Marcianopolis standing right, wearing mural crown and holding cornucopiae, grasping the hand of the emperor who stands left, laureate and wearing toga, holding scroll; between them flaming tripod. BMC 80; AMNG 1098; SNG Copenhagen -. 27.53g, 36mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Pleasant green patina. Very Rare, unusually well preserved for the issue.

Ex Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, lot 601.

Estimate: 2000 GBP