CNG 100, Lot: 1945. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 16.64 g, 5h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 12th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 333; Banti 53. Good VF, dark gray-brown and red patina, well centered and struck.

From the R.H. Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 154146 (August 2004).