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A silver antoninianus of the emperor Gordian III with a reverse showing Fides Militum Coin Type: Silver antoninianus of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 238-239 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm x 22mm, 4.76g
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Radiate, draped bust right.
Reverse: FIDES MILITVM
Fides standing facing, head left, military standard in right hand, long transverse sceptre in left hand.
Provenance: Lodge Antiquities (eBay), January 2003.
Ref: RCV (2005) 8609; RIC IV 1
BW Ref: 023 038 044
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