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



                  Lot # 468 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$800 / Price 
                  Realized: US$2800 
                  Gordian III. Silver antoninianus 



             



            Gordian III. (238-244 AD). Silver antoninianus (4.06 gm). Antioch, 
            239 AD. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, bust radiate, draped, 
            cuirassed right / P M TR P II COS P P, Gordian, togate and 
            bare-headed, holding roll in left hand, seated left on curule chair, 
            his feet on a footstool, receiving with right hand a branch from Pax 
            standing right before him, and crowned by Victory standing left 
            behind him, who also carries a palm over her left shoulder. Bland 
            37/2 (this coin, the second known after the Paris specimen, both 
            being from the same die pair). RIC 175 (R2). Cohen 223 (Paris, 20 
            Fr.). Very rare and unusual type. Reverse designs showing three 
            figures were usually reserved for bronze coins and medallions. Very 
            fine. 

            Ex Triton V, 2002, George His Collection, part of lot 2062. Ex Leu 
            28, 5–6 May 1981, lot 534. Ex Malloy 5, 1975, lot 819. 




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  ... Lot 468 sold for high bid of $2800 [ $3220, or approx 2221.8 EUR, 1642.2 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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