Lycia, Patara Gordian III, 238-244 Bronze circa 238-244, Æ mm., 19.97g. AYT KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CE Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. ΠΑΤΑΡΕWΝ Apollo standing l., holding bow and laurelbranch; eagle on omphalos in l. field and lebes on tripod with snake feeding in r. von Aulock, Münzprägung 197. BMC 14. SNG von Aulock 4385. SNG Copenhagen 117.
Rare. Dark patina and Good Very Fine.
Ex Auctiones AG 12, 1981, 234; M&M Ltd. I, 1997, 218 and Auctiones AG 29, 2003, Righetti, 365 sales and Ex NAC sale 100, 2017, 1304.
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