411, Lot: 334. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ (32mm, 23.03 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right, and draped bust of Tranquillina left, wearing stephane, facing one another / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding branch; above, centaur (Sagittarius) leaping left, discharging bow; river god below. SNG Copenhagen 256; BMC 8-11. Good VF, green patina, flan flaw on Gordian’s head.