CNG 96, Lot: 839. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.54 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, AD 239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC IV 40; Calicó 3183; Biaggi 1349. Good VF, lustrous, slightly weak strike in center, some light hairlines.