Triton XVIII, Lot: 1202. Estimate $7500. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.06 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 9th emission, AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P II II COS II P P, Gordian, in military attire, standing right, holding spear forward in right hand and globus in outstretched left. RIC IV 105; Calicó 3222; Biaggi –; Hunter –. Superb EF, lustrous.