212, Lot: 173. Estimate $100. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Neocaesarea. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 30mm (13.82 g, 6h). Dated CY 178 (AD 241/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Agonistic crown containing palm, set on prize table; date below table. RG 51 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 218 (same rev. die). Near VF, brown and green patina, reverse slightly double struck.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.