CNG 111, Lot: 782. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.85 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 IIII COS II PP, Gordian, in military attire, standing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and globus in left. RIC IV 105; Calicó 3222; Biaggi –; Hunterian –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. EF, lustrous.