224, Lot: 497. Estimate $75. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 19mm (7.47 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Centaur (Sagittarius) advancing right, shooting arrow; in background, vexillum inscribed ΛЄ/Γ in two lines. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 2625; Mionnet suppl. VIII 81. Near VF, mottled red and brown patina.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.