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Item Sold At Auction #20
Lot Number: 61331
Final Sale Price: $170.50
Denomination: 238-244 AD
Grade: VF green and brown patina
Reference: Bland 106 (same dies); Sydenham 599a var.; Howgego 12

  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 28mm (13.66 gm). Year 4 (240-241
  AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; c/m: radiate head
  of Helios right in circular incuse punch / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, on
  her head is a small view of Mt. Argaeus. Bland, "The Bronze Coinage of Gordian III
  from Caesarea in Cappadocia," in Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey, pg. 71, 106
  (same dies); Sydenham 599a var.; Howgego 12 (for countermark). VF, brown and green
  patina. Estimate $250.

  Ex CNG 51 (15 September 1999), lot 968.
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