CNG 84, Lot: 1226. Estimate $300. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.89 g, 1h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 7th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Securitas seated left, holding scepter and propping head on hand; altar to left. RIC IV 312; Banti 99. Good VF, brown patina, minor die shift on obverse. Banti records three examples with altar to left.