263, Lot: 261. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.53 g, 12h). Struck AD 242. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder and shield with gorgoneion / Eagle standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak; between legs, crescent above ram leaping left, head right. McAlee 884; Prieur 299. VF, slightly porous surfaces, encrustation.