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Hadrianopolis AE26 Moushmov 2734.1 of Gordian III

Gordian III Æ26 of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ADRIANOPOLEITWN, Serapis standing left, holding long staff & raising right arm. BMC 27, Jurukova 579.

Lot No.3597. nVF/gFine.

$ 115.

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.