CNG 87, Lot: 1080. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.00 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 13th emission, AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel beside throne. RIC IV 331a; Banti 33. Near EF, dark brown patina, minor roughness on reverse. Good portrait coin.