HJB-Rare Gordian III, Hadrianopolis AE 30home 238-244 AD, Hadrianopolis AE 30, Thrace, Hadrianopolis, , 15.07g. Jurukova-445 pl. XLIII (same dies). Rx: Athena standing l., head r., holding in r. hand spear against which shield on ground rests, and in l. hand owl (?). Rare: Jurukova lists just five specimens, and this is the only reverse die for the type. Scarce larger denomination for Gordian III at Hadrianopolis, struck from only three obverse dies. F