Gordian III, AE sestertius, 44mm on medallion blank, 39.29 gr.  241-243 AD.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
AETERNITATI AVG, S-C, Sol, radiate, naked except for chlamys
over shoulder, standing left, holding globe and raising 
right hand. 

RIC 297a var; RIC p. 48 Note (this coin); cf Cohen 43.

Very scarce.

Contributed by Dr. Hubert Lanz, auction November 2000, 
Added July 2011.