CNG 111, Lot: 776. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 4.74 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, AD 239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Pax standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and scepter in left. RIC IV 22; Calicó 3215; Biaggi –; Hunterian –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. EF, underlying luster, strike a touch soft on reverse. Rare.

Ex Rauch MBS 11 (12 September 2006), lot 977.