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Tarsos AE36 SNGFr 1701 of Gordian III

Gordian III AE36 of Tarsos, Cilicia. AVT KAIC M ANT GORDIANOC CEB P-P, radiate, cuirassed bust right holding sheild / TAPCOV MHTROPOL AMK GB, lion bringing down a bull.

Lot No.3520. nVF, 22g, and a fascinating type recalling the earliest coins of Tarsos.

$ 650.

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.