283, Lot: 313. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 23.35 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 5th 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 291; Banti 64. VF, dark gray-brown patina, a couple flan flaws.