280, Lot: 271. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 22.36 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission of Balbinus and Pupienus. Bare headed and draped bust right / Priestly implements: lituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum, and sprinkler. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 64-6 (Balbinus and Pupienus); Banti 59. VF, mottled green, brown, and red patina, fields smoothed.