Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 584. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III. Augusta, 241-244 AD. Æ 31mm (17.11 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing left, head right; A-M/K and B/G in fields. SNG Levante 1149 (this coin); SNG France 1724 (same dies). Near VF, olive-brown patina with dusty blue-green overtones. ($200)