Triton XX, Lot: 822. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 4.28 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 12th emission, AD 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICITAS TEMPORVM, Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 159; Calicó 3195; Hunter –; Biaggi –. Choice EF, lustrous, a few faint hairlines, traces of deposits, die break on reverse. Very rare.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (11 October 1993), lot 681.