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



                  Lot # 467 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$500 / Price 
                  Realized: US$650 
                  Gordian III. Silver antoninianus 



             



            Gordian III. (238-244 AD). Silver antoninianus (4.60 gm). Antioch, 
            239 AD. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, bust radiate, draped, 
            cuirassed left, seen from front / P M TR P II COS P P, emperor on 
            horseback left, raising right hand and holding transverse spear in 
            left. Bland 35 (four specimens, all from the same dies as ours). RIC 
            174 and Cohen 219 record this type only with bust right. Rare 
            reverse type, very rare with bust left. Fine plus. 

            Ex Triton V, 2002, George His Collection, lot 2067. Ex Peus 340, 2 
            November 1994, lot 1047. 




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  ... Lot 467 sold for high bid of $650 [ $747.5, or approx 515.775 EUR, 381.225 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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