Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 972. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (18.16 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 8th-11th emission, AD 240-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAETITIA AVG N, S C across field, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and anchor. RIC IV 300a; Banti 38; Hunter 140. EF, attractive pale green patina, with spots of red, a hint of smoothing in fields.