Rare Gordian III Aureus

335, Lot: 541. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.82 g, 11h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 7th emission, mid AD 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PIETAS AVGVSTI, Pietas standing facing, veiled head left, raising both arms. RIC IV 122; Calicó 3210; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous, softly struck in center of obverse. Rare.