CNG 84, Lot: 1222. Estimate $300. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.92 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 6th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left. RIC IV 292a; Banti 67. Good VF, dark gray-brown patina. Pleasing surfaces.