Gordian III AV Aureus. Rome, late AD 240 - early 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, the 'Farnese' Hercules standing facing, head to right, resting right hand on hip and placing left on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 108; C. 401 var. (bust type); Calicó 3242. 4.61g, 20mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1201 (hammer: USD 13,000).