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CNG Feature Auction 118

Lot nuber 1133

Gordian II. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.21 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April.


CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1133.
 Estimated: $ 1 500

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Gordian II. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.21 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Virtus, helmeted, in military attire, standing left, holding shield set on ground in right hand and spear in left. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 31-2; Banti 7. Brown patina, smoothed. VF.

From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Philip Cox Collection (Dix Noonan Webb 142, 13 September 2017), lot 1669, purchased from Baldwin’s, July 1961 (with ticket); The Earl Fitzwilliam’s Wentworth Estates Company Collection (Christie’s, 30 May 1949), lot 474 (part of).

This Gordian II Sestertius was part of the highly important collection of Roman Brass Coins and Medallions originally formed in the mid-eighteenth century, and sold by order of The Earl Fitzwilliam’s Wentworth Estates Company. Spring notes that the coins came from the collections of the Museo del Padri Corsini acquired in Italy in 1748, and the Abbé Visconti, President of the Society of Antiquaries in Rome, purchased about 1774.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session Four – Roman Imperial Coinage Part 2 through Antiquities will be held Tuesday afternoon, 14 September 2021 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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