225, Lot: 273. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 36mm (22.36 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / The Three Graces, arm in arm: the first with head left, holding flower, the second with head left, and the third with head right, holding flower. SNG France 1718 (same dies); SNG Levante 1131 (same dies); SNG von Aulock -; Staal 45.1.1 (this coin). Good Fine, rough dark green patina.

From the Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces.