Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 730. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (4.89 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 7th emission, AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P III COS P P, Gordian III, in military dress, on horseback left, raising right hand, holding scepter in left. RIC IV 80; Calicó 3220; cf. Hunter 30 (Denarius). Good VF, toned, slightly matte surfaces, a few scratches in right field on obverse. Rare.

From the White Mountain Collection.