King of Osrhoene's Audience with the Emperor

216, Lot: 413. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Æ 32mm (22.44 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). VF, black patina under orange earthen deposits.