CNG 109, Lot: 691. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian II. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia, draped, standing left, legs crossed, holding wand over globe set on ground to left and cradling cornucopia in left arm and leaning on column. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 19-20; RSC 5. Near EF, toned. Rare.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XVI.2 (Second Quarter 1991), no 165 and back cover; Ceresio 1 (26 September 1987), lot 306.