Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1685. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $276. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. AR Antoninianus (4.19 gm, 12h). Antioch mint. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopiae and two grain ears over altar. RIC IV 197; RSC 307. Good VF, slightly weak strike in center of obverse. Extremely rare. ($200)

From the George His Collection. Ex Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 846 (altar described as modius).