177, Lot: 157. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 35mm (26.34 g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two figures standing behind garlanded altar, before which lies a humped bull, figure on right holds large round shield; tall statue of Apollo Lyceius between them; to right, Perseus standing left, holding phiale and harpa; to left Demeter standing right, holding two lit torches pointed towards Apollo Lyceius. SNG Levante Suppl. 283 (this coin); SNG France 1644 (same dies). VF, brown-green patina.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66, (19 May 2004), lot 1205.