349, Lot: 509. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28.5mm, 19.28 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 9th emission, AD 241. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 302; Banti 72. Good VF, dark gray and brown patina, some red and green, minor flan flaw on obverse, slight die shift on reverse.