Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1175. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus. Rome mint, 6th officina. 10th emission, AD 242. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing right, holding spear and globe. RIC IV 106; Calicó 3226. Good VF, underlying luster. In NGC slab (ungraded).