CNG 88, Lot: 719. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (27mm, 12.40 g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust of Gordian right vis-à-vis draped bust of Serapis left, wearing calathus and cornucopia at shoulder / Demeter standing left, holding grain ear and poppy and long torch; retrograde E (mark of value) to right. Cf. AMNG I 2332 ; cf. Mouchmov 1659; Varbanov 4480 (same rev. die as illustration). Near EF, green patina.
From Group CEM.