CNG 108, Lot: 659. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 17.89 g, 12h). Rome mint. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 14-16; Banti 8. VF, green-brown patina, minor flan crack, reverse slightly double struck. Rare.