Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1059. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN I. 238 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.41 gm, 1h). IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / VICTORIA AV-GG, S C across field, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and cradling palm in left arm. RIC IV 12; Pink III, pg. 23; Banti 8; BMCRE 15; Cohen 14. Good VF, mottled orange, red, brown, and black patina, minor smoothing in fields. ($3000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Malter 72 (23 November 1997), lot 440 (expertly conserved since); Malter 45 (28-29 May 1991), lot 418; Hall Park McCullough Collection (Stack's, 20-22 November 1967), lot 1494.