444, Lot: 398. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (21mm, 4.67 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 11th emission, early AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and leaning on cithara set on seat. RIC IV 107; Calicó 3227; Biaggi –. VF, wavy flan, numerous marks. Rare.