Triton XIX, Lot: 601. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.57 g, 7h). Rome mint. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas, draped, seated left on throne, holding transverse scepter in right hand, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 5; BMCRE 11; RSC 10. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Christie’s (18 February 1992), lot 54; Auctiones 5 (2 December 1975), lot 696.