CNG 111, Lot: 777. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.0 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, AD 240. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC IV 40; Calicó 3183; Biaggi 1349; Hunterian –; Jameson –; Mazzini 21 var. (obv. legend; same rev. die). EF, lustrous.