Triton XVIII, Lot: 1203. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.85 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. Special emission, AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Apollo, naked to waist, seated left, holding olive branch in right hand and resting left elbow on lyre set on seat. RIC IV 102; Calicó 3221; Biaggi 1366; Hunter –. Superb EF, areas of luster, a couple shallow scratches, short edge split.