CNG 93, Lot: 888. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (31mm, 15.24 g, 6h). Radiate and draped bust right / Athena advancing right, brandishing thunderbolt and aegis at anguipede Giant, who raises hands. Cf. SNG Levante 764 (for type; same obv. die, with c/m); SNG France 1012 (same dies). Good VF, dark green and brown patina, light roughness.

From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 921; Moreira Collection (Superior Galleries, 10 December 1988), lot 2522.