CNG 97, Lot: 702. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (21mm, 4.97 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 9th emission, AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and leaning on cithara set on seat. RIC IV 102; Calicó 3221; Biaggi 1366. Superb EF, lustrous.