353, Lot: 267. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (26mm, 8.66 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing calathus and with cornucopia over shoulder, facing one another / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding patera and scepter; to left, eagle standing facing, head upturned right, with wings spread; E (mark of value) in exergue. Cf. AMNG I 2325-6; cf. Varbanov 4553-4. VF, dark brown patina. Rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.