Watch List notes:

Gordian I, 238. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 21.44 g, 11 h), Rome, 1-22 April 238. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I to right. Rev. PROVIDENTIA AVGG / S C Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on low column to right and holding a wand in her right hand and a cornucopiae with her left; to left, at her feet, globe. BMC 5. Cohen 6. RIC 9. Very rare; green brown surfaces. Some smoothing and with a flan split at 9h on the obverse, still filled with corrosion products at 9h, otherwise, good fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Prof. L. de Nicola in Rome, in the early 1960s.