Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
Lot number: 839 | |
Lot description: Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE 37, 24.88g. Cilicia, Tarsus. Obv ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΑΙΝΟ CΕΒ Π Π Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: ΤΑΡCΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΝ (sic) ΑΜΚ ΓΒ Gordian, togate and veiled, standing left at flaming altar, holding patera in right hand. SNG Paris 1689 (same dies.) Missing in BM, SNG von Aulock, SNG Copenhagen, SNG Levante. Encrusted. About VF. MFA inventory no. 64.173. One of a group of coins purchased in Greece or Asia Minor in 1963 by Cornelius C. Vermeule III on behalf of MFA by the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoe Wilbour. Estimate: US$250 |