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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 6530373, member: 111387&quot;]The OP’s coin sold @ a CNG auction (in a lot of 2 coins) in 2002.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1261266[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1793.</b> Estimate $200. </p><p>Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. </p><p>Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b>. 238-244 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.61 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Gordian on horseback left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left. RIC IV 295a; Cohen 235. Fine, brown patina. Rare. Lot includes another sestertius of Gordian III. Gordian seated left on platform; two officers behind, Liberalitas before, citizen below before. RIC IV 317a. Fair, rough surfaces. Rare. Two (2) coins in lot. ($200) </p><p><i>From the George His Collection of coins of Gordian III, with his tickets. The second, ex Münzhandlung Schulten Auktion (11 April 1988), lot 734.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a fairly rare type based on how many have been up for auction in recent times.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other has sold @Agora Auctions in 2015:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1261270[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hammer: $45&nbsp; Estimate: $75 10.19.2015 Agora</p><p><br /></p><p>Sale #43 Lot 180</p><p>Roman Imperial</p><p>Gordian III. A.D. 238-244. AE sestertius (29.3 mm, 14.77 g, 12 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P III COS P P, Gordian on horseback left, raising right hand and holding scepter in left. RIC 295a. near Fine. Rare. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Amphora Coins.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Only two auctions(one of them mixed) is not much of a sample size to provide for an accurate (current market) estimate.&nbsp; Furthermore, without a picture it is impossible to gauge condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on your statement of “not so great quality”, it might be safe to state that your coin could fetch (@auction) somewhere in the range of $50-$100(+/-$50).<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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