Sale: Triton X, Lot: 717. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (18.62 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 13th emission, January-February AD 244. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MARS PROPVGNAT, S C across field, Mars advancing right, holding spear in right hand, shield in left. RIC IV 332; Banti 52; Cohen 157. EF, green patina, areas of light brown. Bold strike, mustache and beard visible.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.