293, Lot: 422. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 16.85 g, 12h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 6th emission, AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left. RIC IV 292a; Banti 67. Good VF, dark brown-gray patina, traces of red, double strike on obverse, short edge split at 9 o’clock.