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ID# 711a Mint: Rome

OBVERSE; IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG -Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.

REVERSE; VIRTVS AVG -Virtus standing left, holding branch and spear.

REFERENCE: RIC 071

Gordian III 238-244 AD When the revolt of Gordian I & II in Northern Africa failed the Senate appointed Pupienus and Balbinus as joint emperors. However, this choice proved to be so unpopular that the Senate sought and found the grandson of Gordian I and named him Caesar so as to give an air of a dynastic lineage. Balbinus and Pupienus were murdered soon after leaving the teenage Gordian III as sole emperor. Gordian III then spent the next several years in relative obscurity participating in various wars. He was killed by agents of his Praetorian Prefect, Philip, who had ambitions to become emperor himself.

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