Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1178. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.07 gm, 12h). Struck 240-244 AD. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AETERNITATI AVG, S C across field, Sol standing facing, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. RIC IV 297a; Pink III, pg. 27; Banti 20; Hunter 123; Cohen 43. EF, mottled green and red patina with traces of black. Superb portrait. ($500)