Exceptional Gordian II Denarius

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 332. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $6750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian II. AD 238. AR Denarius (3.95 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck March-April AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia, standing facing, head left, legs crossed, leaning on column, holding wand in right hand and pointing to globe set on ground, and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC IV 1; RSC 5; BMCRE 19-20. Superb EF, lightly toned, traces of deposits on reverse. Well centered on a broad flan.