CNG 111, Lot: 780. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.11 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 8th-11th emissions, AD 240-early 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAETITA AVG N, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand, left hand placed on grounded anchor to right. RIC IV 101; Calicó 3202a; Biaggi 1359; Hunterian 54; Jameson –; Mazzini 119. EF, lustrous.