Malter - Gordian III AE-27 w/River-God. VF Roman Imperial, Gordian III 238 - 244 AD. AE-27 of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. 12.77g. His laureate, draped and cuirassed bust rt. / River-God Istrus reclining holding a reed and resting on an overturned vase from which water flows. Nice VF with a well detailed image of Istrus, a popular and desirable image seen on the coins of this Moesian city, which became quite prosperous during the first part of the third century.