CNG 96, Lot: 841. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (21mm, 5.17 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 6th emission, beginning of AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 57; Calicó 3184; Biaggi 1349-50. Superb EF, obverse die shift.