CNG 91, Lot: 940. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.30 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. EF, dark gray and brown patina, some red, tiny contact mark on eyebrow. Well centered on a particularly round flan.