Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 158 | Auction date: 14 February 2007 |
Lot number: 116 | |
Lot description: Roman Provincial MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 16.02 g). Tullius Menophilus, consular legate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis à vis draped bust of Sarapis left / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛOV MA-P[KIANOΠΟΛΙ]−Τ/Ω/Ν, Apollo Lycceius standing facing, head right, holding bow in left hand, right hand on head, quiver draped with clothes left, serpent entwined around stump of tree right; E in left field. AMNG I 1130; SNG Copenhagen 255; SNG Budapest 264; Varbanov 1947. VF, dark green and brown patina. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Davissons 15 (March 2001), lot 154. Estimate: $100 | ![]() |