Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 95 | Auction date: 23 November 2010 |
Lot number: 5305 | |
Lot description: SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Gordian III (A.D. 238-244), billon tetradrachm, (12.00 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, BMC 501, [p.211], SNG Von Post 618 [This Coin, Pl.30], Prieur 295). Fine/very fine and scarce and comes with collector's card description. Ex Cappenalle Collection and from Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 87 (lot 4551) previously from the Von Post Collection, Sotheby's auction 9-10th October 1995 (lot 249 part) and Noble Numismatics Sale 66 (lot 3398). Estimate: 60 AUD |