CNG 84, Lot: 1216. Estimate $300. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 16.84 g, 1h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 5th emission, AD 239. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Gordian standing left, holding parazonium and sacrificing out of patera over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 291; Banti 64. Good VF, dark brown patina. Banti records only two examples.