CNG 87, Lot: 1078. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 19.07 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 12th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 303a; Banti 74. Good VF, dark brown patina, minor flan flaws on portrait.