Watch List notes:

Gordian III (238-244), aureus, Rome, undated, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, nude Hercules standing facing, head inclined to right, holding club and lion's skin over rock and with his right hand behind his back, 4.58g (RIC 108; Calico 3242; C. 401), some marks, about extremely fine. Provenance: Sotheby's, 1 October 1981, lot 157. The reverse type copies the statue of the so-called Farnese Hercules, a Roman copy of the Greek statue thought to be by Lysippus. Hercules is shown with the skin of the Nemean lion and with his right hand behind his back concealing the Apples of Hesperides.
(2500-3000 GBP)