CNG 105, Lot: 940. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.74 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. Special emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing left, holding spear and shield set on ground to left. RIC IV 25; Calicó 3212a; Biaggi 1361 (same obv. die). VF, toned.

Ex Roma VII (22 March 2014), lot 1192.