CNG 91, Lot: 497. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (33mm, 24.88 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising hand and holding globe; gorgoneion on breastplate / Emperor, radiate and in military attire, standing facing, sacrificing from patera over tripod and holding reversed spear. AMNG I/2, 2317; Varbanov 4440 (same dies as illustration); SNG Copenhagen 679 (same dies). Near EF, greenish-brown patina.