Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 91 | Auction date: 21 June 2009 |
Lot number: 3516 | |
Lot description: SYRIA, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Gordian III (A.D. 238-244), billon tetradrachm, (11.150 grams), obv. laureate bust of Gordian III to right, around AYTOK K M ANT **GORD*IANOC CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs crescent over ram, around **DHMARC EX UPATOC B, (S.3779, McAlee 872, BMC 501, [p.211], SNG Von Post 618, Prieur 295). Nearly very fine/very fine and scarce. Ex Gordon Parry Collection and Gerhard Hirsch Auction Sale 176, November 19, 1992 (lot 811) with packets. Estimate: 150 AUD |