253, Lot: 390. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 21.27 g, 1h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Bareheaded and draped bust right, seen from behind / Priestly implements: ituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum, and sprinkler. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 64. VF, minor flaws in field, brown patina.