Third Known

Triton XIX, Lot: 357. Estimate $10000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Hadrianaea. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (43mm, 46.01 g, 12h). S. Furius Themisonos, archon. • AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI C • ΦO-VP • ΘЄMICΩNOC • AP/ AΔPIANЄ•/ΩN, Tyche-Homonoia, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left, seated left, being crowned with wreath by Victory, holding palm frond in left hand; to left, Mercury standing right, seen from behind, holding caduceus in left hand and purse in right. RPC VII.1, 71.1 (Av1/Rv1) = AMNG IV 484/2 = SNG France 1053 = Waddington 7038. EF, green and reddish-brown patina, minor obverse die shift, gently smoothed. Extremely rare.

Spoerri Butcher (RPC VII.1) recorded only two specimens for Furius Themisonos, as well as a unique specimen of the same type and from the same obverse die but signed by the archon K. Phanias Themisonos. This is perhaps the third known for this variant and the only in private hands.

The obverse die used for this issue was also used to strike medallions for Germe in Lydia.