352, Lot: 241. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 10.07 g, 12h). Sabinus Modestus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 241-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head upturned left, with wreath in beak and wings spread. H&J, Nikopolis 8.36.1.12 var. (rev. legend); Varbanov 4190. VF, green patina.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.