Rare Variety with Altar

CNG 85, Lot: 1045. Estimate $400. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.45 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 7th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Securitas seated left, holding scepter and propping head on hand; altar to left. RIC IV 312; Banti 99. EF, dark brown patina, minor die shift. Banti records three examples with altar to left, four times rarer than without altar.