283, Lot: 312. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 27.02 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 4th-6th emissions, AD 239-240. IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MILIT, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia. RIC IV -; Banti -. VF, dark gray-brown patina, tiny edge splits. Hybrid with 4th emission obverse legend and 6th emission reverse legend. Cf. RIC IV 278 for obverse legend. Cf. RIC IV 288 for reverse legend. Extremely rare.