303, Lot: 353. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. As Caesar, AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 18.70 g, 1h). Rome mint. 1st emission of Balbinus and Pupienus, circa April-June AD 238. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Emblems of the pontificate: lituus, secespita, patera, guttus, simpulum, and aspergillum. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 64-6 (Balbinus and Pupienus); Banti 59. Near VF, green patina, some brown, minor roughness.