448, Lot: 493. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 24.43 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 12th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS PERPETVA, S C across field, Securitas standing left, legs crossed, holding scepter and leaning on column. RIC IV 336; Banti 100. Brown and green patina. VF.

From the Midwest Collection.