CNG 85, Lot: 1057. Estimate $200. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 17.21 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, dark gray patina, traces of red, minor die shift on obverse, a few adjustment marks on lower jaw to chin.