CNG 84, Lot: 1236. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.47 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 242. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 303a; Banti 74. Near EF, dark gray-brown patina, a few minor cleaning marks.