243, Lot: 268. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia). Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (21mm, 9.53 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Sol, extending arm and holding globe, driving facing quadriga. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Righetti -; BMC 6; Lindgren & Kovacs 2189. Near VF, black patina with earthen deposits.