Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction 5 | Auction 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 |