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Anchialus AE30 Moushmov 2928.1 of Gordian III

Gordian III AE30 of Anchialos, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, radiate, draped bust right / OVLPIANWN AGCIALEWN, table, jug below, prize urn on top with palm branches, E in ex. Verbanov 1075.

Lot No.3535. gFine.

$ 145.

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.