CNG 85, Lot: 1037. Estimate $300. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.97 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 4th emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 280; Banti 63. Good VF, attractive dark brown patina, traces of die shift on reverse. Struck on a pleasing, round flan.