Second Known Zodiac Type

421, Lot: 454. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Irenopolis-Neronias. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (34mm, 25.88 g, 12h). Dated CY 192 (AD 243/4). AVT K M ANTωNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate busts of Helios right, radiate, and Selene left, set on crescent; ЄIPHNOΠOΛЄ[I]TωN around, ЄT BЧP (date) below; all within zodiac wheel. Karbach 139 = SNG Levante Supp. 390 = CNG 66, lot 1131 var. (bust type). VF, earthen brown surfaces, smoothed. Extremely rare reverse type and possibly unpublished with this bust type.