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Odessos AE28 Moushmov 1672 of Gordian III

Gordian III & Serapis AE28 Pentassarion of Odessos, Thrace. AVT K M ANTWNIOC GORDIANOC AVG, confronted draped busts / ODHCCITWN, Eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in its beak.

Lot No.2824. VF.

$ 155.

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.