293, Lot: 446. Estimate $150. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 17.84 g, 6h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 12th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 333; Banti 53. Good VF, dark gray patina, traces of red, edge split and hairline flan crack at 4 o’clock.