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LOT 2786
Gordian III AE 'Sestertius' of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Gordian on horseback galloping to right, about to spear lion running to left below; S R below. RPC VII.2 2716. Very Fine.(19.83gr, 33mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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