Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 728. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. AR Denarius (2.43 g, 7h). Rome mint. M ANT GORDIANVS CAES, bare-headed and draped bust right / PIETAS AVGG, priestly emblems: lituus, secespita, capis, simpulum, and aspergillum. RIC IV 1; RSC 182; BMCRE 62-3. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, traces of deposits on reverse. Rare.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.