Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1810. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. Æ Medallic As? (10.34 gm). Struck 241 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Gordian standing left in slow quadriga, holding palm branch and being crowned by Victory who stands behind him; soldier holding horses by reins. RIC IV 322; Cohen 290. VF, dark brown patina, light encrustation, flan crack. Very rare. ($150)

From the George His Collection of coins of Gordian III, with his ticket. Ex Stack's Coin Galleries Sale (17 May 1983), lot 454.

The true status of this coin, as or medallion, has never quite been determined. The lack of S C on the coin does suggest that it was a special issue.