CILICIA, Seleuceia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 31mm (13.32 gm). ANTWNIOC GOP­IANOC CEBATOC (sic), radiate and draped bust right; c/m: ­. within circular stamp / CELEVK-EN (sic) TW PPOC, KALV/KA, Athena advancing right, holding her aegis with her extended left arm and preparing to hurl a thunderbolt at a serpent-legged giant who is kneeling and throwing stones at her. SNG Levante 764 (same dies); cf. SNG France 999ff (shield instead of aegis); SNG von Aulock 5842 var. (shield instead of aegis; same obverse die); Cornell 115 (this coin); c/m: Howgego 670. Good VF, dark brown patina with touches of brown. ($400) From the David Simpson Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen Liste 508 (March 1988), no. 22. Lot sold for $320, plus buyers fees. By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com.