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Odessos AE26 Moushmov 1686 of Gordian III

Gordian III & Tranquillina AE26 Pentassarion of Odessos, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC CEB TPANKVLLEINA, confronted draped busts / ODECCEITWN, Demeter standing left with corn ears and scepter, E to left, griffin (?) at foot left.

Lot No.3134. gVF.

$ 175.

Unusual coin with the creature at lower left, which looks very much like a pterodactyl!

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.