283, Lot: 310. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.99 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 3rd emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 271; Banti 62. Good VF, attractive dark gray patina, some red-brown, slight die shift on chin.