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LOT 3437
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P VI COS II P P, Apollo seated left, bare to waist, holding branch and leaning left elbow on lyre; S C in exergue. RIC 304a; Banti 72. Near Very Fine.(18.80gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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