CNG 99, Lot: 693. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.82 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. Choice EF, lustrous.