Greek Imperial

Lot 3368    SESSION 11 (Friday at 9.30am)    Greek Imperial

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $90

TROAS, Alexandreia, Valerian, (A.D. 253-260), AE 19, (4.878 grams), obv. Valerian bust to right, around IMP LIC VALERIAN, rev. spread eagle head to left, standing on bull's head, around COL AVG TRO, (cf.S.4555, Bellinger A440, BMC 163, SNG Cop. 195); Cilicia, Hierapolis- Kastabala, Macrinus (A.D. 217-218), AE 18, (8.108 grams), obv. laureate head of Macrinus to right, around AVT K M O**P* CE MAKPINOC CEB, rev. Victory walking to left with wreath, around **IEROP* KAC TABA**LEW N*, (S.-, SNG Levante 1593, Dupont-Sommer et Robert "La Deesse de Hierapolis Castabala [Cilicia], No.38 [p.76], Waddington 4332); Mesopotamia, Edessa, Gordian III and King Abgar X, (A.D. 238-244), AE 32, (19.15 grams), issued 242-4, obv. laureate head of Gordian III to right, around AVTOK K M ANT **GORDIANO*C CEB, rev. Gordian holding sceptre seated to right, receiving Abgar who stands left before him holding Nike in left hand before him, around AVTOK **GORDIANO*C AB**GA*ROC BACI**L*EVC, (S.5743, BMC 138 [p.113], Mabbott 2923 [This Coin]). Fine - very fine, all rare. (3)

Ex Dr. Ralph DeMarco NJ, with their ticket for the first coin, last coin ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection, sold Hans M.F. Schulman, New York, auction, June 6-11, 1968 (lot 2923, illustrated it realised US$47) and Spink & Son, London with ticket and ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 65 (lot 1842). The restoration of the kingdom by Gordian III was short-lived, his successor made Edessa a colony once again.