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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
GORDIAN III
, AD 238-244. AR Antoninianus.
Obverse:
IMP. CAES. M. ANT. GORDIANVS AVG., His young radiated and draped bust right.
Reverse:
IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter half naked, standing to the left holding sceptre and thunderbolt. Small figure of Gordian III at his feet.
Reference:
RIC 2; Sear 2436. Grade: EF+.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Gordian III
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on the Gordians see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.