CNG 85, Lot: 1040. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.06 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 6th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 292a; Banti 67. Good VF, dark brown patina. Pleasing surfaces.