283, Lot: 336. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.65 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 242. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 303a; Banti 74. Near EF, dark gray-brown patina, some red, hairline flan crack at about 3 o’clock.