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Anchialos AE26 SNGCop 450cf of Gordian III

Gordian III & Tranquillina AE26 of Anchialos, Thrace. Confronted busts / OVLPIANWN AGCIALEWN, town gate with two towers.

Lot No.2728. gFine.

$ 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.