348, Lot: 436. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (25mm, 11.48 g, 6h). Sabinus Modestus, legatis consularis. Struck AD 241-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River god Istros reclining left, holding reed and resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid pours forth. AMNG I 2069; Varbanov 4221. VF, dark green patina.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.