CNG 84, Lot: 1211. Estimate $500. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 17.53 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 3rd emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left. RIC IV 271; Banti 62. Good VF, brown patina. Attractive surfaces.