295, Lot: 458. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 20.00 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April AD 238. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia, draped, legs crossed, standing front, head left, holding wand over globe at feet and cornucopia, resting arm on column. RIC IV 9; BMCRE 123-4; Banti 5. Near VF, river patina, minor flan crack, heavy smoothing on obverse, scrape at center of reverse. Rare.