Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 719. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (3.19 g, 12h). 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. Superb EF, lightly toned. Well struck.

From a Gentleman’s Collection. Ex Tkalec (18 February 2002), lot 218.