288, Lot: 323. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Thyateira. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (36mm, 18.96 g, 6h). Homonoia with Smyrna. T. Fab. Alph-, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Thyateira and the Amazon of Smyrna standing facing one another, clasping right hands. RPC VII .1192 var. (spacing of rev. legend); F&N type IV, 3, 2318 var. = SNG von Aulock 8279 var. (same). Near VF, dark grayish-brown patina, light roughness. Very rare.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection; Ex Lanz 117 (24 November 2003), lot 1066.