CNG 97, Lot: 697. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.05 g, 6h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 4th emission, mid AD 239. IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Gordian III, veiled and togate, standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left. RIC IV 59; Calicó 3217; Biaggi 1365. Good VF, lustrous, a short, shallow scratch on reverse.