CNG 96, Lot: 849. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14007. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.74 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 242. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P V COS II P P, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and leaning on cithara set on seat. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3225; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous.