Triton XVI, Lot: 1114. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.79 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck March-April AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M T R P COS P P, Gordian, laureate and togate, standing facing, head left, holding branch in right hand, left hand on parazonium. RIC IV 1; RSC 2; BMCRE 1-3. Superb EF, lightly toned.

Ex Ronald Cohen Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 1176.