CNG 97, Lot: 698. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 4.93 g, 12h). 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 III, in military dress, on horseback left, raising right hand, holding scepter in left. RIC IV 80 (same rev. die); Calicó 3220; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous. Rare.