290, Lot: 254. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Miletopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (45mm, 33.68 g, 1h). Aurelius Hermus, strategos. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, holding scepter over shoulder / Gordian on horseback galloping right, thrusting lance at lion crouching left. SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Mysia -; Lindgren III 263 (this coin). Fine, grayish-green patina, light roughness.
From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-109), lot 104; Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.