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Deultum AE23 Moushmov 3694 of Gordian III

Gordian III AE23 of Deultum, Thrace. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / COL F L PAC DEVLT, Zeus or Serapis standing left with upraised hand & scepter.

Lot No.3209. VF.

$ 125.

Gordian III was the grandson of Gordian I and nephew of Gordian II, and was in Rome when Balbinus and Pupienus were murdered in 238 AD. After serving briefly as Caesar, then, he was raised to Augustus and served until 244 AD when he was murdered at the instigation of Philip the Arab.