Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1577. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (19.58 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 7th emission, 2nd phase, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter. RIC IV 318a; Banti 51. Near EF, attractive green patina, areas of red-brown on reverse.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 8 (27 October 1987), lot 1274.