CNG 105, Lot: 939. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.54 g, 11h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Special emission, AD 239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVG II, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC IV 42; Calicó 3205; Hunter 18; Biaggi 1360. Good VF, toned, small mark on obverse, traces of deposits, scrape on reverse.