CNG 96, Lot: 843. Estimate $7500. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.29 g, 1h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 7th emission, AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P III COS P P, Gordian on horseback left. RIC IV 80; Calicó 3220; Biaggi –. Superb EF.