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Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D.
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither. Under Gordian III the same coin types were often struck at both Rome and Antioch. One way to distinguish Gordian's coins struck at Antioch from those struck at Rome is the shape of the letter M. On coins from Antioch, M usually resembles a V in the middle of two I's, thus IVI. From the Rome mint, M normally resembles two lambdas, thus ΛΛ.
RS87886. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 172, RSC IV 196a, SRCV III 8634 var. (Rome), gVF, light toning, slightly irregular oval flan, light bumps and scratches, coppery spot, tiny edge crack, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.574g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 0o, 239 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse P M TR P II COS P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for two years, consul, father of the country), Providentia standing left, globe in right hand, transverse scepter in left; ex Beast Coins; ex Harlan Berk, CICF Show, Apr 2013; SOLD
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