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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Gordian III| > RB65147
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D.
|Gordian| |III|, |Gordian| |III,| |29| |July| |238| |-| |25| |February| |244| |A.D.|, During Gordian's reign, the Roman Empire was threatened on multiple fronts. In 238, Goths from Ukraine crossed the Danube and devastated the Roman Empire up to the border with Anatolia. In 240, Africa revolted. Also in 240, Franks from northwest Germania raided the Rhine frontier. In 242, the cities of the Cimmerian Bosporus were evacuated because Goths controlled the territory.
RB65147. Bronze as, RIC IV 297b, Cohen V 44, SRCV III 8773, VF, well centered, Rome mint, weight 10.483g, maximum diameter 24.4mm, die axis 0o, 4th issue, 241 - 243 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing slightly right, head left, radiate, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, raising right hand commanding the sun to rise, globe in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; SOLD











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