61, Lot: 239. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 22.97 gm). Struck 243-244 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Securitas standing left, legs crossed, holding sceptre and leaning on column. RIC IV 335a; Cohen 329. Near VF, dark brown patina, flan crack, partial flat strike.

From the George His Collection. Ex Schulten & Co. (11 April 1988), lot 747 (part of).

Ex Smyrna Hoard