Details
LOT 3191
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Antioch mint; struck AD 242-244. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe. RIC IV 213; RSC 167. Very Fine.(5.59g, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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