444, Lot: 278. Estimate $100. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (33.5mm, 23.86 g, 6h). Radiate and draped bust right, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / The Three Graces standing, that in the center with back to viewer. SNG BN 1719 (same dies); SNG Levante 1131 (same obv. die). Near VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.

From the Dr. Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces.