Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1725. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. In alliance with Alexandria Troas. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 35mm (26.10 gm). AYT K M ANT-W GORDIANOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / EFECIWN KAI AL-EXANDREWN, OMONOIA in exergue, two male figures (Ephesos and Alexandria?) standing facing one another, each holding sceptre, clasping hands; modius between them. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC Ionia -; Weber -. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, thick green patina. ($750)

From the David Simpson Collection.