Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2021. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $3150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. Æ Medallion - 37mm (62.02 gm). Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder, shield, decorated with Gordian on horseback, on left arm / Gordian standing left, on the right, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar, Nike standing behing placing a wreath on his head; in background, Sol driving a facing quadriga, standard behind; below, the Tigris and Euphrates reclining. Gnecchi 24, pl. 104, 7. Good VF, dark brown surfaces, field smoothed, some letters strengthened, surfaces rough. Rare. ($2500)