CNG 112, Lot: 643. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian II. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia, draped, standing left, legs crossed, holding wand over globe set on ground to left and cradling cornucopia in left arm and leaning on column. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 19-20; RSC 5. Small flan flaw and dig on obverse, spot of toning on reverse. Good VF. Rare.