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Viminacium AE31 Moushmov 32 of Gordian III

Gordian III AE31 of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Year 3 = 241 AD. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M S COL VIM, city goddess standing left between bull & lion, AN III in ex. SNG Cop 142.

Lot No.2859. Fine.

$ 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.