Details
LOT 3438
Gordian III AE As. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AETER, Victory standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on grounded shield set on a mourning captive seated to left, and holding palm in left; S C across field. RIC IV 337b; Cohen 352. Near Very Fine. Very rare Gordian's As of the fifth (final) issue at Rome.(10.24gr, 24mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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