Watch List notes:

THRACE. Hadrianopolis. Gordian III, 238-244. Triassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 8.13 g, 1 h). AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind. Rev. AΔPIANO-ΠOΛEITΩN Dionysos, holding thyrsos in his right hand, reclining left on the back of a panther walking to right. Varbanov 4002. Youroukova 482 (V231/R468). A lovely example of this mythologically interesting type. Some corrosion, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Naumann E-Auction 39, 3 January 2016, 488.