Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1179. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. AV Aureus (5.04 gm, 12h). Struck 242 AD. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P V COS II P P, Gordian, laureate and in military outfit, advancing right, holding spear forward in right hand and globe in extended left hand. RIC IV 106; Pink III, pg. 28; Hunter -; Calicó 3226; cf. Cohen 265. Superb EF, light scratches on reverse. ($4000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.