Gordian III AE31 of Sardes, Lydia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Aur. Rufeinos. AYT K M ANT GORDIANOC AYG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, countermark: value mark digamma. EPI AYR ROYFEINOY ARX A T B CARDIANWN NEWKORWN, river-god Hermos reclining left, holding wreath, resting left arm on overturned urn from which waters flow, the infant Paktolos sitting right on Hermos' right thigh.. Mionnet Supp. VII, 522 (this coin); Paris 1306. (Without countermark: BMC 188; Imhoof FG 327; Imhoof GM 619; SNG von Aulock 3163.) Courtesy of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, gallica.bnf.fr.