- ID: 603

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1999-04-08

Gordianus III, 238-244 A. D.

AV-Aureus, Rome.
Av.: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rv.: P M TR P-II COS P P. Gordianus, togate, veiled, standing front, head l., holding patera in r. hand and wand in l. hand, to l., tripod.
4,77 g.

Ref.: RIC 43, BoC 18/2, 1993, p. 13, 2a.

FAKE – This counterfeit is struck from modern dies. Two caracteristics are jagged edges and wavy fields, especially on the rev. The gold is yellow.