Triton XVI, Lot: 1115. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.74 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. EF, traces of underlying luster.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 1370.