CNG 97, Lot: 704. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.15 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 11th emission, early AD 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M T R P VI COS II P P, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and leaning on cithara set on seat. RIC IV 107; Calicó 3227 var. (break in rev. legend); Biaggi –. Good VF, lustrous. Rare.