CNG 84, Lot: 1238. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 21.21 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 11th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 304a; Banti 76 (same obv. die). Near EF, attractive brown patina. A handsome coin.