173, Lot: 445. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.03 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 240. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing left, holding branch and spear; shield resting against leg. RIC IV 293a. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Sotheby’s Geneva (17 November 1989), lot 67.