Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 824. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN I. 238 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.60 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing front, head left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC V 7; BMCRE 4; Cohen 3. Near VF, black-brown patina, some roughness. Rare. ($1500)

Ex Fred V. Fowler Collection (Stack's, 19-20 June 1969), lot 615.