CNG 84, Lot: 1215. Estimate $200. Sold for $407. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 20.88 g, 1h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 4th emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 280; Banti 63. VF, dark gray-brown patina, traces of red, slight die shift on obverse. Banti records four examples.