Triton XVIII, Lot: 1198. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (21mm, 5.18 g, 6h). 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; Calicó 3220; Biaggi –; cf. Hunter 30 (Denarius). Superb EF, lustrous, a few shallow scratches, small die break and a tiny deposit on obverse. Rare.