Lot 5131

Sale 92 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Gordian III (A.D. 238-244), billon tetradrachm, (10.110 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 OU*CIAC, SC in exergue, (cf.S.3779, McAlee 860, BMC 494, Prieur 281-2). Porous surface nearly very fine and scarce.

Ex Gordon Parry Collection and Colonial Rare Coins Sale 2, September 25, 1991 (lot 790) with packet.

Estimate
$120
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$0

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