CNG 111, Lot: 779. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 4.83 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 8th-11th emission, AD 240-243. IMP • GORDIANVS PIVS • FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETER N ITATI AVG, Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. RIC IV 97; Calicó 3186a var. (break in rev. legend); cf. Hunter 41. EF, very minor deposits.

From the Brexit Collection.