Triton XIV, Lot: 786. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 19.02 g, 12h). Rome mint. M ANT GORDIANVS CAES, bare headed and draped bust right / PIETAS AVGG, S C in exergue, emblems of the pontificate: lituus, secespita, patera, guttus, simpulum, and aspergillum. RIC IV 3; Banti 59; BMCRE 64-6 (Balbinus and Pupienus). Good VF, dark gray-brown patina, minor die shift. Wonderful surfaces.