196, Lot: 187. Estimate $150. Sold for $171. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Æ 31mm (19.84 g, 5h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Abgar standing left, presenting Nike to Gordian, seated right on sella castrensis situated on raised daïs. BMC 138; SNG Copenhagen 223 var. (bust type). Near VF, black patina with some green on the reverse, some roughness and scratches.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.