- ID: 602

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.: AETER-NITATI AVG. Sol standing facing, head l., right hand raised, holding globe.
4,82 g.

Ref.: RIC -, BoC 18/2, 1993, p. 13, 1a.

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