Rare Zodiac Type from Adana

289, Lot: 218. Estimate $400. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Adana. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (30mm, 8.33 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right / Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right within center of Zodiac wheel. Levante, Adana 216 = SNG France 1879; SNG Levante 1233. Fine, earthen grayish-green patina, roughness. Rare.