Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 720. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $4200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (2.66 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M T-R P COS P P, Gordian, laureate and togate, standing facing, head left, holding branch in right hand, left hand on parazonium. RIC IV 1; RSC 2; BMCRE 1-3. EF, lightly toned.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 79 (14 October 1996), lot 656.