CNG 85, Lot: 619. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Tridrachm (25mm, 8.43 g, 1h). Dated RY 3 (AD 239/40). AV KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MHTPOΠ KAICARIAC, draped male figure seated left on Mt. Argaeus, holding branch; B NЄ across field, ЄT Γ (date) in exergue; c/m: bust of Tyche right. Bland, Last -; Sydenham, Caesarea -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Hunterian -; BMC -; for c/m: Howgego 849. Good VF. Extremely rare. Possibly a new type for Gordian III.