405, Lot: 336. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Epiphanea. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (35mm, 23.24 g, 12h). Dated CY 306 (238/9 AD). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serapis enthroned facing, holding scepter; Cerberus at feet, ЄTS (date) in exergue. SNG Levante Supp. 426 (this coin); SNG BN 2400 (same dies). VF, olive green patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits, minor roughness on obverse. Rare.
From the Steve Cooper Collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1101; Edoardo Levante Collection, supplement no. 426; Schulten 26 (27 March 1990), lot 877.