CNG 85, Lot: 602. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Pompeiopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Hexassarion (33mm, 17.85 g, 6h). Dated CY 306 (AD 240/1). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; gorgoneion on breastplate / Bareheaded and draped bust of Aratus(?) right; to right, mark of value above date. SNG France 1250; SNG Levante -; Triton XIII, 1506 (same dies). VF, pale green patina with dusty earthen overtones. Very rare.

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