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RIC 303a of Gordian III

Gordian III Æ Sestertius. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate & draped bust right / P M TR P V COS II P P S-C, Apollo seated left holding branch & resting on lyre. RIC 303a, Cohen 262.

Lot No.3505. VF. 32mm, 17.1g.

$ 225.

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.