Lot 25
25
Aureus, 4.73g., Rome, 240 A.D., IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PM TRP II COS PP, Gordian togate, standing facing, head turned to left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, holding wand in left hand (RIC 43; C.209), pierced and plugged below bust, very fine
Aureus, 4.73g., Rome, 240 A.D., IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PM TRP II COS PP, Gordian togate, standing facing, head turned to left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, holding wand in left hand (RIC 43; C.209), pierced and plugged below bust, very fine

Details
Aureus, 4.73g., Rome, 240 A.D., IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PM TRP II COS PP, Gordian togate, standing facing, head turned to left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, holding wand in left hand (RIC 43; C.209), pierced and plugged below bust, very fine
Provenance
E J W Hildyard collection, Glendining's, 9 December 1986, lot 30