Triton XIV, Lot: 781. Estimate $3000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian II. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTV S AVGG, Virtus, helmeted and wearing military dress, standing left, holding shield set on ground in right hand and spear in left hand. RIC IV 3; Pink III, pg. 23; RSC 14; BMCRE 30. EF, toned.

Ex Ronald Cohen Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 1177.