117, Lot: 120. Estimate $100. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Neocaesarea. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 27mm (15.06 g). Dated CY 178 (241/2 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KOI PONT MH NEOKAICAP, table supporting agonistic prize urn containing two palm branches; ET POH (date) in exergue. Waddington, RG 52 var. (amphora below table); BMC Pontus pg. 34, 14. VF, brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Paramount (7-8 January 1977), lot 648.