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



                  Lot # 461 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$300 / Price 
                  Realized: US$575 
                  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). 
            . Comprising (a) Silver antoninianus, 4.34 gm, Rome, 244 AD, IMP 
            GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right / P M 
            TR P VII COS II P P, Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield. 
            RIC 167A (R). Cohen 280. The only antoninianus dated to Gordian’s 
            short final tribunician year. Rare, only five specimens in 
            Dorchester hoard. (b) Silver quinarius, 1.36 gm, Rome, 240–243 AD, 
            obverse as last coin but bust laureate not radiate, reverse VIRTVTI 
            AVGVSTI, Hercules standing right, leaning on club set on rock, right 
            hand behind back, the pose of the Hercules Farnese. RIC 120 (R3). 
            Cohen 405 (Paris, 15 Fr.). King, Quinarii, 2 (7 specimens). TWO 
            COINS IN LOT. Fine. 

            Both ex Triton V, 2002, George His Collection, part of lot 2061; the 
            second coin also ex CNG 45, 18 March 1998, lot 2242. 




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  ... Lot 461 sold for high bid of $575 [ $661.25, or approx 456.2625 EUR, 337.2375 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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