CNG 97, Lot: 688. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 22.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April AD 238. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIA AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS P P around, S C across field, Gordian I standing left, holding branch and parazonium. RIC IV 7 var. (obv. legend); BMCRE 4 var. (same); Banti 1 var. (same). Near VF, green patina, traces of red, some earthen deposits, minor smoothing. Rare.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 1678; Gorny & Mosch 169 (13 October 2008), lot 360.