Venus Pudica

367, Lot: 335. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Deultum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (17mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear over shoulder / Aphrodite, nude but covering breasts and groin with hands, standing slightly left; amphora to left. Draganov 1440a; Varbanov –. VF, green patina. Rare.