Watch List notes:

CILICIA. Pompeiopolis. Gordian III, 238-244. Hexassarion (Orichalcum, 31 mm, 15.32 g, 7 h), CY 306 = 240/1. AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB / Π - Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛЄITΩN / A/ς ς/T Bare-headed and draped bust of the astronomer and poet Aratos to right. P. R. Franke: Chrysippos und Aratos aus Soloi, in: JNG 61 (2001), p. 17, 11. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris 1250. Extremely rare. Rough, otherwise, very fine.


Aratos of Soloi (circa 310-245 BC) was an astronomer and didactic poet, whose major extant work is his poem Phainomena, which describes the starry heavens in 1154 hexameters.