319, Lot: 290. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Æ (31mm, 17.55 g, 10h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Abgar X standing left, placing hand on sword hilt and presenting Nike to Gordian III seated right atop daïs, holding scepter. H. Gesche, “Kaiser Gordian mit dem Pfeil in Edessa,” JNG 19, pl. 3, 1-3; BMC 136-7; SNG Copenhagen 223-4 var. (bust type); SNG Hunterian 2572-3. Near VF, dark earthen brown patina, surface roughness.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1071.