304, Lot: 238. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (33mm, 16.41 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m’s: ΔO monogram within triangular incuse and K within incuse / Aphrodite standing right, holding mirror; Erotes flanking, each holding marriage torch. SNG France 1021 (same dies); SNG Levante 773 = SNG von Aulock 5839 (same dies); for c/m’s: Howgego 670 and 618. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina, a bit rough.

From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection.