Lot 28
28
Aureus, 4.95g., Rome, 241-243 A.D., IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, naked Hercules standing right, holding club resting on rock (RIC 108; C.401 var.), small edge flaw between 12 and 1 o'clock, lustrous, extremely fine, rare
Aureus, 4.95g., Rome, 241-243 A.D., IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, naked Hercules standing right, holding club resting on rock (RIC 108; C.401 var.), small edge flaw between 12 and 1 o'clock, lustrous, extremely fine, rare

Details
Aureus, 4.95g., Rome, 241-243 A.D., IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, naked Hercules standing right, holding club resting on rock (RIC 108; C.401 var.), small edge flaw between 12 and 1 o'clock, lustrous, extremely fine, rare
Provenance
H Lanz auction 44, 16 May 1988, lot 728