CNG 97, Lot: 701. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.10 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 8th-11th emissions, late AD 240-early AD 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVTI A VGVSTI, the “Farnese” Hercules standing right, resting hand on hip and holding club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 108; Calicó 3242; Biaggi 1373-4. EF, lustrous, a few small flan flaws.