CNG 109, Lot: 690. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.75 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M T R P COS P P, Gordian I, togate, standing left, holding up branch in right hand and wearing parazonium. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 1-3; RSC 2. EF, lightly toned, slightly granular surfaces, small flan flaw on obverse. Rare.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 1 September 1990.