144, Lot: 222. Estimate $100. Sold for $276. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Æ 33mm (17.17 g). Struck AD 242-244. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AVTOK GORDIANOC ABGAROC BACILEVC, Abgar, standing left, offering Nike to Gordian, seated right on sella chair placed on raised daïs. BMC Arabia pg. 113, 139; SNG Copenhagen 223. VF, brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.