Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 724. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gordian II. AD 238. AR Denarius (3.08 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing left, holding spear in left hand and shield in right. RIC IV 3; RSC 14; BMCRE 30. Near EF, lightly toned.
From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (29 November 1990), lot 436.