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SGI 3652.1 of Gordian III

Gordian III AE Pentassarion of Hadrianopolis in Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ADRIANOPOLEITWN, front view of gate with two towers.

Lot No.2647. nVF. 28mm.

$ 195.

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.