Choice Gordian I Sestertius

CNG 102, Lot: 1057. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.73 g, 7h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS AVGG, S C in exergue, Securitas seated left, holding scepter. RIC IV 11; BMCRE 12-13; Banti 7. Good VF, mottled brown, green, and red patina, slight die shift on obverse. Exceptional. Rare.

Ex Alain Lagrange Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 1571.