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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 21Auction date: 31 October 2015
Lot number: 548

Lot description:


Gordian III Æ32 of Seleucia, Cilicia. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right countermark: ΔO monogram within triangular incuse / Aphrodite standing right, looking into mirror held in left hand; to left, Eros standing right, holding torch in both hands; to right, two birds drinking from basin. SNG Levante -; SNG France -; Lindgren & Kovacs 1589 corr. (Aphrodite described as emperor holding globus; same dies with countermark:); For countermark: Howgego 670. 17.10g, 32mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Rare with basin in place of a second Eros

Estimate: 75 GBP