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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #13
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                 Web Product ID: 2721
                 Estimate: $750.00
                 Final Sale Price: $935.00
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                 Denomination: Sestertius
                 Grade: Good Fine green patina
                 Reference: RIC IV 8; BMCRE 31; Cohen 15




  Gordian II. 238 AD. Æ Sestertius (17.53 gm). IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANS AFR AVG,
  laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, S C across field, Virtus
  standing left, holding spear and resting against shield. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 31; Cohen
  15. Near VF, green patina. Rare. Estimate $750.

  Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 824 (attributed as Gordian
  I)!



  The distinguishing feature between coins of Gordian I and Gordian II (since the
  obverse legends are the same on the coinage of both emperors) is that the latter has
  a receding hair line and is always portrayed bald in front of his laurel wreath. This
  coin was catalogued in one of our previous auctions as a coin of Gordian I which,
  considering that the hair-line is completely worn and the fact that both emperors
  struck this reverse type, was an easily made error.