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Gordian III Sestertius, Sol, 240 AD

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Origin: Rome
Authority: Gordian III
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Date: 240 AD
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III facing right
Reverse: AETERNITATI AUG SC, Sol standing front, facing left, raising hand and holding globe
Size: 31mm, 21.5g
Grade: aVF
References: RIC 297a; Sear 8702; Cohen 43
General: Nice patina. Uneven shaped flan. Marks on obverse suggest it may have been double-struck. Gordian III became the youngest sole Roman emperor at the age of 13 after the death of Emperor Severus Alexander. The last of the 6 Emperors in the tumultuous Year of the 6 emperors - the year 238AD in which 6 people had been Roman Emperor. His reign was not long. He died at the age of 19, possibly at Zaitha at the hands of his army, or in battle against the Sassanids. Sol, on the reverse of the coin, was the Roman God of the Sun.
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All references used by Ancient Coin Traders

Galerius, As Caesar, 293-305 AD, AE Follis, Genius, struck c 295-296 AD
Gordian III, 238-244 AD, AR Antoninianus, Sol, struck 241-243 AD