Gordian III AR Antoninianus, RIC 15, RSC 205
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Late 239 AD. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Fides standing front with standard & scepter. RSC 205.
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Gordian III (238-244)
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Gordian III - Boy King
Gordian III became Emperor at the end of the confusion of 238 AD. That he was largely a figurehead is made obvious by his young age (about 15) but, compared to other 'boy kings', Gordian did a good job as ruler of Rome.
Gordian III, AR Antoninianus, 238-239, First Issue, Rome
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
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Gordian III (AD 238-244) imitations
Some are typical struck silver-plated types, some are cast (below). Most are radiates. Surprisingly, some are imitations of laureate denarii (below). Three have Philip I and Philip II reverses.
It is most likely that Gordian was guided in his reign by ministers who, on the whole, did a competent job with Gordian III serving as mostly a figurehead.
his tomb at the Circesian camp on the borders of Persia, and Ammianus Marcellinus affirms, that as late as the time of Julianus II. it was seen by himself, and that it was a conspicuous object from a considerable distance. The life of Gordian III.
GORDIAN III & TRANQUILLINA (Wife)
Anchialus, Thrace
Obv: AVT K M ANT Î"OPÎ"IANOC AVÎ" CEB TPANKVΛΛEINA
Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust of Gordian right, facing bust of Tranquillina left.
Rev: OVΛΠIANΩN AÎ"XIAΛEΩN ...
Gordian III 238 - 244 CE Antoninianus
Obv: Radiate bust right
Rev: Roma seated holding Victory and scepter. Eternal Rome!
Sear 2459 ...
Gordian III (238-244). AE Sestertius (242-3). Laurate bust right / Apollo seated holding branch and resting arm on lyre. P M TR P V COS II P P S C. (S2500) F+. Brown/green patina. Squarish flan.
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BB2105. Gordian III, AD 238-244, AR Antoninianus. Radiate bust rt./AETERNITAS, Aeternitas stands left. Centered on irregular flan, flan notch as made, slight porosity, light tone, decent clear portrait and rev., Fine+ ...
*50262 Gordian III. 238-244. AR Antoninianus (4.24) . Radiate head right/ Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia.. SR-8604, RIC-35. EF. $80 [image] ...
GI3779 2456 Gordian III: Billion Tetradrachm of Antioch
$125.00
238-244 ad 29 mm 12.48 gm
Obv. Laur. bust. r.
Rev. Eagle l. on fulmen Sear GI 3779: Prieur 295good VF on a huge flan ...
In addition to the above there are also some agonistic types among the later issues which can hardly be earlier than the time of Gordian III. The most interesting is an agonistic table on which is a bust of Athena between an owl and a wreath.
Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Geta, Macrinus, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander, Maximinus I, Paulina, Maximus, Gordian I, Gordian II, Balbinus, Pupienus, Gordian III (Caesar), Gordian III, ...
The image above is of two figures of Hercules as they appear on two Gordian III antoninianii.
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius (January 20 225-244), known in English as Gordian III, was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana, daughter of Gordian I and sister of Gordian II.
The new standard denomination, the antoninianus, was issued in ever increasing quantities, from the reign of Gordian III (A.D. 238-244) through to Diocletian's great reform of the coinage in the final decade of the 3rd century.
 See also: Coin, Reverse, Revers, Bust, Caesar
  
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