Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1793. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.61 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Gordian on horseback left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left. RIC IV 295a; Cohen 235. Fine, brown patina. Rare. Lot includes another sestertius of Gordian III. Gordian seated left on platform; two officers behind, Liberalitas before, citizen below before. RIC IV 317a. Fair, rough surfaces. Rare. Two (2) coins in lot. ($200)
From the George His Collection of coins of Gordian III, with his tickets. The second, ex Münzhandlung Schulten Auktion (11 April 1988), lot 734.