405, Lot: 355. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Æ (32mm, 18.63 g, 11h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Abgar right on horseback. H. Gesche, “Kaiser Gordian mit dem Pfeil in Edessa,” JNG 19 (1969), pl. 3, 4 var. (Abgar with left arm raised); BMC 141 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –. VF, brown patina, traces of earthen deposits. rare.

From the Steve Cooper Collection, purchased from Atlantis, 2008.