217, Lot: 325. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ 29mm (22.36 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis à vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding branch; above, centaur (Sagittarius) leaping left, discharging bow; river god below. SNG Copenhagen 256; BMC 8-11. Near VF, black patina, minor porosity.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.