347, Lot: 347. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Hectassarion (32mm, 18.21 g, 1h). M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC (AVΓ), radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / ΝI-K-A-I-E-ΩN, Hercules reclining left upon lion advancing right, extending hand to small Eros to left. Weiser, Nikaia –; cf. RG 710/700 (same obv. die/same rev. die as illustration). VF, dark green patina. Very rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.