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LOT 3650
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-244. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AETERNA, Pax running to left, holding branch and sceptre; in field, S C. RIC IV 319a; Cohen 169. Near Very Fine.(20.23gr, 30mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
