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Nikopolis AE30 Moushmov 1489 of Gordian III

Gordian III AE30 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. Magistrate Modestus. AVT K M ANTW (GORDIANO)C, laureate draped bust right / (VP CAB M)ODECTOV NIKOPOL-EITWN-PRO CICT-PON, emperor galloping right, hand raised. Verbanov 5288.

Lot No.2641. Weakly struck on one side, otherwise VF.

$ 295.

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.