Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1228. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Tetradrachm (11.13 g, 12h). Struck AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 282; SNG Copenhagen -. EF, trace of porosity, obverse struck with slightly rusty die.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.