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Odessos AE28 Moushmov 1676 of Gordian III

Gordian III & Serapis Æ27 Pentassarion of Odessos, Thrace. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right vis-a-vis bust of Serapis / ODHCCEITWN, Fortuna standing left with rudder & cornucopiae, E to left.

Lot No.3070. 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.