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Odessos AE27 Moushmov 1668 of Gordian III

Gordian III & Serapis AE27 Pentassarion of Odessos, Thrace. AVT K M ANTWNIOC GORDIANOC AVG, confronted draped busts / ODHCCEITWN, prize urn with two palm branches atop table, ladle & vase below, E in ex.

Lot No.2603. VF.

$ 300.

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.