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RIC 318a of Gordian III

Gordian III AE Sestertius. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate head right / LIBERTAS AVG S-C, Libertas standing left with pileus and scepter. RIC 118a, Cohen 153.

Lot No.3501. VF and rated Scarce in RIC. 30mm, 16.8g.

$ 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.