391, Lot: 516. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 16.57 g, 11h). 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. VF, dark brown patina, die shift on obverse, some marks on obverse, a couple short edge splits, areas of slight flatness of strike.