352, Lot: 252. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Gordian III, with Tranquillina. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrakaihemiassarion (4 1/2 Assaria) (26mm, 13.47 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another / Nemesis standing left, holding ruler and bridle; Δ < (mark of value) across upper field, wheel to lower left. Varbanov 5701; cf. AMNG I 3539. VF, green patina, rubbed on the high points.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.