Very Rare Sestertius

229, Lot: 440. Estimate $300. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 24.35 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 240. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, extending hand and holding eagle-tipped scepter, in slow quadriga left. RIC IV 276a (same dies as plated example); Banti 66 (citing 5 specimens; same dies as plated example). VF, porous brown surfaces. An uncommon type for the as, and apparently a great rarity for the sestertius.