168, Lot: 215. Estimate $100. Sold for $209. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ 30mm (27.59 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III on left vis à vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina on right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding branch; Centaur Sagittarius leaping left and discharging bow above, river-god below. BMC Arabia p. 135, 8-11; SNG Copenhagen 256. VF, attractive dark brown patina with some light earthen highlights.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.