MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Æ 31mm (17.18 g, 12h). Struck AD 242-244. AYTO K M ANT ΓOP[ΔIAN]OC CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / AYTO K ΓOPΔI[AN]OC ABΓA[POC BACIΛEYC], Gordian seated right on raised daïs, holding scepter and receiving Nike from Abgar standing left, wearing Edessan crown. H. Gesche, “Kaiser Gordian mit dem Pfeil in Edessa,”
JNG 19 (1969), pl. 3, 1-3 (var. (bust type); BMC 138; SNG Copenhagen 223 var. (bust type). VF, black-brown patina with dusty orange highlights in devices, minor roughness. Rare.
Ex Künker 83 (17 June 2003), lot 1189.
