Triton XVIII, Lot: 1186. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 17.12 g, 11h). Rome mint. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, S C across field, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding up wreath in right hand and holding palm frond in left over left shoulder. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 14-16; Banti 8. VF, dark gray and green patina, some red and brown. Rare.

From the RAM Collection. Ex Jascha Heifetz Collection (Part 2, Superior, 9 December 1989), lot 3304.