Triton XVIII, Lot: 1201. Estimate $5000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.60 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 AVGVSTI, the “Farnese” Hercules, naked, standing right, resting right hand on hip and holding club set on rock in left hand; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 108; Calicó 3242; Biaggi 1373-4; Hunter 69-70. Superb EF, areas of luster, traces of die rust on obverse, a few tiny deposits on reverse.