Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 583. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 35mm (24.38 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield decorated with aegis / Sandan standing on horned animal right, bow and quiver over shoulder, holding flower and wreath; all within arched distyle temple; A M/K and B/G in fields. SNG Levante 1140 (this coin); SNG France 1708 (same dies). VF, olive patina with dusty blue-green overtones, small areas of encrustation. ($200)