Watch List notes:

CILICIA. Seleucia ad Calycadnus. Gordian III, 238-244. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 15.96 g, 7 h). ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC / CЄBA Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind; on neck, countermark: monogrem of ΔO within triangular incuse. Rev. CЄΛЄYKЄΩN TΩN ΠΡOC TΩ KAΛY-KAΔNΩ Aphrodite standing front, head to right, looking at mirror held in her left hand. SNG Levante 769 (same obverse die). SNG Paris 1022-1023. For countermark: Howgego 670. Very fine.


From the collections of Dr. P. Vogl and the C. Fontana, Finarte Casa d'Aste 1179, 20-24 September 2002, 2054 and previously purchased from M. Ratto, acquired from Ing. Spina in 1957 (with original ticket).