CNG 88, Lot: 716. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (28mm, 13.42 g, 6h). Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god Istrus reclining left, holding reed and leaning on overturned urn. H&J, Nikopolis 8.36.32.1 (same dies as illustration); Varbanov 4222. Near EF, green patina. An attractive example.

From Group CEM.