Triton XVI, Lot: 725. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.23 g, 12h). Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder with right hand; shield decorated with gorgoneion over left arm / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠA TO B, eagle standing right, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, cresccent above ram, with head right, springing left. McAlee 885 = Prieur 300; Bland, Hoards III, 291. Good VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare.