Triton XIV, Lot: 788. Estimate $1000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 17.72 g, 11h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 13th emission, AD 244. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRIT PERPET, S C across field, Securitas, draped, standing left, legs crossed, holding scepter in right hand and leaning left arm on column. RIC IV 335a; Banti 97; Hunter 152. Choice EF, attractive brown patina. Superb portrait.