234, Lot: 299. Estimate $150. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.60 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special emission, AD 241. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting arm on lyre. RIC IV 302; Banti 72. Good VF, handsome dark brown surfaces, slight obverse die shift.