Triton XIV, Lot: 780. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.71 g, 11h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS AVGG, S C in exergue, Securitas, draped, seated left on throne, left foot on footstool, holding transverse scepter in right hand, left hand at side, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 11; BMCRE 12-13; Banti 7. Good VF, brown patina, some red. Exceptional.