Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1163. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (35mm, 23.20 g, 6h). (Claudius) Rufinus Sophistes, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three neocorate temples, the central one in elevation, with statue of Zeus, the two side tetrastyle temples in perspective; POVFINOV COFI in two lines in exergue. Klose 12 (V4/R11); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 2228 (same obv. die). VF, brown surfaces.