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Anchialus AE28 Moushmov 2948.2 of Gordian III

Gordian & Tranquillina Æ 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG CEB TPANKVLLINA, vis à vis busts of Gordian & Tranquillina / OVLPIANWN AGCIALEWN, Homonoia standing left holding patera & cornucopiae.

Lot No.3563. Fine.

$ 55.

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.