CNG 84, Lot: 1210. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.02 g, 1h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 3rd emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing left, holding branch and spear; shield set on ground to left. RIC IV 273a; Banti 122. Good VF, dark gray-brown, flan split. Wonderful portrait and surfaces.