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



                  Lot # 477 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$350 / Price 
                  Realized: US$210 
                  Gordian III. Silver antoninianus 



             



            Gordian III. (238-244 AD). Silver antoninianus (3.99 gm). Antioch, 
            ca. 239 AD. CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, bust radiate, draped, 
            cuirassed right / V[ICT]ORIA AV[G], Victory standing left, holding 
            wreath and palm, in biga of horses rearing left. Not in Bland, RIC, 
            or Cohen. An apparently unique variant of the preceding coin, with 
            Victory in biga left not right and holding wreath and palm rather 
            than the reins. Large flan crack at 2:00, otherwise extremely 
            fine/very fine. 

            Ex Triton V, 2002, George His Collection, lot 2071. Acquired from 
            Bank Leu in June 1998; reported to have been found at the site of 
            Sirmium in Pannonia. 




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  ... Lot 477 sold for high bid of $210 [ $241.5, or approx 166.635 EUR, 123.165 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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