Two Superb Gordian Aurei

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 714. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (5.00 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 7th emission, mid AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding long torch with both hands. RIC IV 121; Calicó 3191; Cohen 39. Superb EF.