280, Lot: 279. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 19.84 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 10th emission, AD 242. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, resting elbow on lyre set on throne, holding branch. RIC IV 303a; Banti 74. Good VF, brown patina.