CNG 84, Lot: 1242. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.69 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 12th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 333; Banti 53. Near EF, lovely two-tone brown patina. Wonderful portrait and surfaces. Banti records only ten examples.