Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1547. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GORDIAN III. As Caesar, 238 AD. Æ Sestertius (23.39 g, 1h). M ANT GORDIANVS CAES, bare headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / PIETAS AVGG, S C in exergue, augur's wand, sacrificial knife, patera, sacrificial jug, simpulum, and sprinkler. RIC IV 3; Banti 59; BMCRE 64 (Balbinus and Pupienus); Cohen 183. Good VF, even brown patina with patches of red and green. ($1000)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.