156, Lot: 123. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea.
Tranquillina. Wife of Gordian III. AD 241-244. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.18 g). Dated RY 4 (AD 240/1). CABINIA TPANKV
LLIN V, draped bust right / MHTPO KAICA BNE,
ET D in exergue, Mount Argaeus; pellet to left. Bland, "The Bronze Coinage of Gordian III from Caesarea in Cappadocia," in
Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey, 60A.1 / 58; Sydenham 617aa var (different reverse legend). Good VF, porosity. Rare.