RB94241. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 291, Cohen V 217, Hunter III - (p. lxxxiv), SRCV III - , aF, well centered on a tight flan, scratches, porosity, corrosion, earthen deposits, Rome mint, weight 18.052g, maximum diameter 28.5mm, die axis 0
o, 239 - 240 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, 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), Gordian standing left, togate and veiled, sacrificing from patera in right over a flaming altar at feet, parazonium in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field;
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