Interesting Gordian II Imitation

412, Lot: 639. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian II. AD 238. Fourrée Denarius (19mm, 3.12 g, 6h). Copying Rome mint. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing left, holding shield set on ground to left and reversed spear. Cf. RIC IV 3; cf. BMCRE 30; cf. RSC 14. VF, toned, breaks in plating, traces of gilding. Rare.