Triton XVIII, Lot: 1204. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 5.17 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 9th-11th emissions, AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head right, holding long scepter in right hand and cradling thunderbolt in left. RIC IV 99; Calicó 3200; Biaggi 1358; Hunter –. Superb EF, considerable luster, a couple trivial marks, an area of minor die rust on reverse. Rare.