Rare 4½ Assaria

277, Lot: 101. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ 4½ Assaria (28mm, 12.70 g, 1h). Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate and draped, and Tranquillina left, diademed and draped / Agonistic urn with palm fronds set on table; amphora below table, Δ< (mark of value) in exergue. Varbanov 5718. VF, green patina, reverse double struck. Rare.