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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 718. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. 
Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (14.44 g, 1h). Nicopolis ad Istrum mint. Sabinus Modestus, legatus consularis. AVT • K • M ANTwGORDIANOC [AV]G, laureate and cuirassed bust right, aegis on left shoulder; gorgon on breastplate / VP CAB MODECTOV N–IKOPOLEITWN (WN ligate) PROC (PR ligate)ICT, Tyche Soteiros (Fortuna Redux) standing left, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. AMNG I 2084 var. (rev. legend); SNG Copenhagen 289 var. (same); cf. Varbanov 3321. EF, black-olive patina.