CNG 85, Lot: 1053. Estimate $300. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 16.17 g, 1h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 8th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding olive branch and leaning on lyre on back of throne. RIC IV 301a; Banti 70. Near EF, dark gray-brown patina.