211, Lot: 307. Estimate $100. Sold for $84. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Pella. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 26mm (12.23 g, 27h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pan seated left, right arm over head, left elbow resting on syrinx. SNG ANS 639; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, dark brown-green patina, a little rough.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

The position of the right arm over the head was an artistic convention of the Classical world indicating sleep. This particular reverse design recalls the famous “Barberini Faun” housed in Munich’s Glyptothek.