Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1273. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. 238-244 AD. Æ 33mm (21.79 gm, 11h). Investiture issue, struck 242 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right / AVTOK GORDIANOC ABGAPOC BACILEVC, Abgar, standing left, offering Victory to Gordian, seated on sella chair placed on raised dais. SNG Copenhagen 223 var. (radiate bust); BMC Arabia 136. VF, black patina with rough surfaces. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 November 2000), lot 982.