CNG 112, Lot: 647. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (21mm, 5.13 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission, mid AD 239. 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; Jameson –; Mazzini –. A few faint scratches, traces of deposits on reverse. Near EF.