Triton XX, Lot: 821. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.24 g, 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 7th emission, AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right. RIC IV 123; Calicó 3231 (same dies as illustration); cf. Hunter 62 (Denarius); Biaggi –. Choice EF, lustrous. Rare.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Lanz 76 (18 May 1996), lot 724.