CNG 109, Lot: 697. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission of Balbinus & Pupienus. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Emblems of the pontificate: lituus, secespita, guttus, simpulum, and aspergillum. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 62-3 (Balbinus & Pupienus); RSC 182 corr. (no patera). EF, toned, traces of deposits. Rare.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.