238, Lot: 538. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.71 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. Good VF, brown patina, traces of red, some hard green and earthen deposits.