Gordian III AV Aureus. Rome, AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC 99; Calicó 3200; Biaggi 1358. 5.21g, 21mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; fine style, well struck and highly lustrous. Rare.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 97, 12 December 2016, lot 212;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1204 (sold for $12,000).