CNG Auction 84 > Roman Provincial
Lot: 915
Estimate: 750 USD
Price realized: 450 USD

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III, with Abgar X Phraates. AD 238-244. Ć (32mm, 18.55 g, 11h). 

AVTOK M M ANT GORDIANOC CEB, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed 
bust right, seen from behind.
ABGAROC BACILEVC, Abgar on horseback right. 

H. Gesche, “Kaiser Gordian mit dem Pfeil in Edessa,” JNG 19 
(1969), pl. 3, 4 var. (Abgar with left arm raised); BMC 141 (same obv. die); Babelon 95. 

VF, earthen green patina. Rare.

Used with permission of CNG coins, www.cngcoins.com, May, 2010