Description: Thrace, Hadrianopolis, Gordian III (238 - 244 AD). AVT KM ANT ΓΟΡΔIANOC AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus.

Diameter: AE28 mm

Weight: 14,66 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Youroukova, Hadrianopolis 484 var; Varbanov 3805-7

Commentary: great green patina, slightly off-center, some roughness on edges

History: Gordian III was deified after his death, not a common thing in the beginning military crisis of the 3rd century.

Article Number: 015-07-01-41652