351, Lot: 467. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (27mm, 12.21 g, 1h). Sabinius Modestus, legatis consularis. Struck AD 241-244. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis around neck / Gordian on horse galloping right, brandishing spear. H&J, Nikopolis 8.36.34.1; Varbanov 4152 var. (bust type); cf. AMNG ! 2094. VF, green-brown patina, minor roughness. Rare bust type.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.