Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 158 | Auction date: 14 February 2007 |
Lot number: 118 | |
Lot description: Roman Provincial MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Pentassarion (28mmmm, 12.22 g). Tullius Menophilus, consular legate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis à vis draped bust of Sarapis left / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛOV M-A-PKIANOΠΟΛΙΤ−Ω/Ν, Athena standing left, holding shield and spear; E in left field. AMNG I 1135 var.; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Budapest 265; Varbanov 1956. VF, brown patina, slight double striking on the reverse. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (February 1997), lot 630. Estimate: $100 |