390, Lot: 329. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Thessalonica. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 8.91 g). Pythian Games issue. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and leaning on cithara set on small column; at feet, five coins or medallions and prize crown containing palm frond. Varbanov 4540. Fine, green patina, cleaning marks.