Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1205. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 35mm (26.34 gm). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two figures standing behind garlanded altar, before which lies a humped bull, figure on right holds large round shield; tall statue of Apollo Lyceius between them; to right, Perseus standing left, holding phiale and harpa; to left Demeter standing right, holding two lit torches pointed towards Apollo Lyceius. SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Suppl. 283 (this coin); SNG France 1644 (same dies); SNG von Aulock -. VF, brownish-green patina. ($300)