293, Lot: 441. Estimate $200. Sold for $211. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.33 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 11th emission, AD 243. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 304a; Banti 76. Good VF, mottled dark gray-brown and red patina, minor marks, small flan flaw near corner of mouth, a pair of short edge splits at 2 and 5 o’clock.