Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1649. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (16.79 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 8-11th emission, late AD 240-early AD 243. IMP GORDIANVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sol standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC IV 297a note; Banti 21 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, heavy, rough green patina with red undertones. Extremely rare issue with FELIX rather than the ususal FEL.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 22 (25 May 1982), lot 484.