349, Lot: 508. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.17 g, 1h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 8th-11th emissions, late AD 240-early 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The “Farnese Hercules”: Hercules standing right, holding Apples of the Hesperides behind back and club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 116; RSC 403. Good VF.

From the Estate of Wayne C. Philips.