CNG 85, Lot: 1060. Estimate $300. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 23.11 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 11th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 304a; Banti 76. Near EF, dark gray-brown patina, minor die shift on obverse. Pleasing surfaces. Struck on a round flan.