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Hadrianopolis AE26 Moushmov 2732.2 of Gordian III

Gordian III Æ26 of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ADRIANOPOLEITWN, River-god reclining left, holding palm-tree with 6 branches, left arm resting on urn. SNGCop 581.

Lot No.2604. nVF, chipped.

$ 200.

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.