238 AD - Gordian III, Caesar

370, Lot: 494. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.00 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Balbinus & Pupienus. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Emblems of the pontificate: lituus, secespita, guttus, simpulum, and aspergillum. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 62-3 (Balbinus & Pupienus); RSC 182 corr. (no patera). Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 July 1993), lot 317.