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454, Lot: 389. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 7th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Diana Lucifera standing right, holding flaming torch with both hands. RIC IV 127; RSC 69. Bright surfaces, some deposits on reverse. Near EF.


Diana Lucifera, the Light-bearer, is a moon goddess. She appears on Roman issues as a young woman carrying a torch or wearing a crescent on her head.