176, Lot: 202. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (27mm, 13.94 g). Tertullianus, consular legate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left, vis-à-vis / Athena standing left, holding shield and spear; E in left field. AMNG I 1178; cf. SNG Budapest 270; Hristova and Jekov p. 224, 6.38.4.3. VF, dark greenish-brown patina.