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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
| Lot number: 658 | |
| Lot description: Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE 34, 20.98g. Cilicia, Tarsus. Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CEB Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: TAPC - O - V MHTPOΠOΛEΩ around, A / M in left field, K / Γ / B in right field, Herakles standing left holding club in right hand, apples of the Hesperides in left hand, lion skin hanging from left forearm, to left dead serpent in tree. See Voegtli, Heldenepen, pp. 42-4: this scene appears on the provincial coins of Tarsus and ten other cities. SNG Paris 1669 (same dies). BM 262 var. Unusually nice for this reverse. VF. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. Estimate: US$350 |  |
