CNG 99, Lot: 690. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.85 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 attire, on horseback left, raising right hand, holding scepter in left. RIC IV 80; Calicó 3220; Biaggi –. EF, a couple scratches in field and minor die breaks on obverse. Lustrous. Rare.