Attractive Late Portrait

340, Lot: 385. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 20.14 g, 1h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 12th-13th emissions, AD 243-244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel beside throne. RIC IV 331a; Banti 33. Good VF, brown and green patina, minor roughness on reverse. Good portrait.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 298 (13 March 2013), lot 321; Robert O. Ebert Collection.