352, Lot: 226. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (27mm, 15.14 g, 1h). Tullius Menophilus,
legatus consularis. Struck AD 239-240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing calathus, facing one another / Mercury standing left, holding purse and caduceus. H&J,
Marcianopolis 6.37.19.1 var. (E on rev.); Varbanov 1989 var. (same). VF, green patina. Rare.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.