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Hadrianopolis AE27 Moushmov 2680.1 of Gordian III

Gordian III Æ 27mm of Hadrianopolis in Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AV, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / ADRIANOPOLEITWN, Apollo seated left, holding branch & leaning upon lyre. Mionnet 752.

Lot No.2598. VF.

$ 250.

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.