CNG 105, Lot: 941. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.99 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 8th-11th emissions, late AD 240-early 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAETITA AVG N, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand and and leaning left elbow on anchor to right. RIC IV 101; Calicó 3202 (same dies as illustration); Hunter 54 var. (holding anchor); Biaggi 1359 var. (same). Near EF, toned, underlying luster. Rare.