RSC Plate Coin

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 731. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Antoninianus (4.23 g, 5h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 242-244. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA GORDIANI AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC IV 219; RSC 380a (this coin illustrated); Hunter -. EF, toned, traces of deposits. Well centered on both sides. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection.