Two Fine Late Portraits

CNG 85, Lot: 1064. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.59 g, 11h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 13th emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 328a; Banti 27. EF, brown patina, traces of red. Wonderful late portrait with long sideburns.