CNG 102, Lot: 1072. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.05 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 8th-11th emission, AD 240-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETER NITATI AVG, Sol, radiate, nude except for cloak over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. RIC IV 97; Calicó 3186a; Biaggi 1352. EF, lustrous, edge split.