AncientCoinArt.com Presents

RIC 67 of Gordian III

Gordian III AR Antoninianus. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVG III, Liberalitas standing left with abacus & cornucopia. RIC 67, RSC 142.

Lot No.1676.

$ 25.

Sorry, this lot has been sold.

Gordian III was the grandson of Gordian I and nephew of Gordian II, and was in Rome when Balbinus and Pupienus were murdered in 238 AD. After serving briefly as Caesar, then, he was raised to Augustus and served until 244 AD when he was murdered at the instigation of Philip the Arab.