From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 457 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$250 / Price 
                  Realized: US$200 
                  Gordian III, Lot of 2 rare silver coins, mint of Rome. 



             
             



            Gordian III, Lot of 2 rare silver coins, mint of Rome. (238-244 AD). 
            Rome. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, bust radiate, draped, cuirassed 
            right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Concordia seated left, holding patera and 
            cornucopia, RIC 65 note, pl. 1.20 (different dies), Cohen 67 
            (Paris). Rare with MILITVM not MILIT in the reverse legend; only one 
            specimen in Dorchester hoard, none in Berk photofile or 
            CoinArchives. (b) Silver denarius, 3.19 gm, Rome, 240 AD, obverse as 
            (a) but head laureate not radiate / IOVIS STATOR, Jupiter standing 
            and looking left, holding scepter and thunderbolt. On RIC 112 and 
            Cohen 113, Jupiter stands left but looks right; this variant with 
            Jupiter also looking left is apparently unpublished. Not mentioned 
            in the Eauze hoard report; not represented in Berk photofile or 
            CoinArchives. TWO COINS IN LOT. Very fine. 

            Both ex Triton V, 2002, George His Collection, part of lot 2061 
            (wrongly recording the weight of the denarius as 2.19 gm). 




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  ... Lot 457 sold for high bid of $200 [ $230, or approx 158.7 EUR, 117.3 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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