CNG 85, Lot: 1065. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 20.26 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 13th emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Securitas standing left, holding scepter and leaning on column. RIC IV 335a; Banti 97. EF, dark gray-brown patina, a tiny nick on forehead, slight die shift on reverse. Wonderful late portrait with long sideburns.