CNG 96, Lot: 845. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12005. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.59 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 8th-11th emissions, late AD 240-early 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAETITA AVG N, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in left hand and anchor in right. RIC IV 101; Calicó 3202a; Biaggi 1359. EF, lustrous.