CNG 88, Lot: 1377. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.74 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd-6th officinas. Special emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC IV 263a; Banti 132. Good VF, mottled dark green and red patina. One of the rarest of Gordian’s sestertii.