Triton XV, Lot: 1378. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (36mm, 28.84 g, 1h). AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔ-I-ANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising hand and holding globe; gorgoneion on breastplate / OΔHC-CEIT(ΩN), emperor, raidate and in military attire, standing facing, sacrificing from patera over tripod with extended right hand and holding reversed spear in left. AMNG I/2, 2317; Varbanov 4440 (same dies as illustration); SNG Copenhagen 679 (same dies). VF, dark green, almost black, patina, flan split and light overall roughness.