Gordian I & II

Triton XXII, Lot: 1132. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.98 g, 5h). Rome mint. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AET ERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory in right hand and leaning on vertical scepter with left. RIC IV 4; RSC 8; BMCRE 8–9. Near EF, toned, traces of underlying luster. An attractive example.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 244 (6 March 2017), lot 576; Lanz 92 (4 June 1999), lot 974; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 974.