Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 241. Estimate CHF875.  Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013.  Sold For CHF700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 29mm, 20.30 g 12), Rome, 242. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. P M TR P V COS II P P / S C Apollo seated on throne to left, holding laurel branch in his right hand. Cohen 262. RIC 303a. An attractive coin with a dark brown patina, nicely round and with a good portrait. Extremely fine.

From a northern European collection.