268, Lot: 252. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 23.66 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right,
vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left / Tyche seated left on rocky outcropping, holding grain ears; above, Centaur (Sagittarius) leaping left, discharging bow; below, [river-god Mygdonius swimming left]. SNG Copenhagen 256; BMC 8-11. VF, brown patina with green highlights, irregularly formed flan.