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ID:     G-III-caes-Sest
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Gordian III
Date Ruled:     A.D. 238-244
Metal:     Orichalcum
Denomination:     Sestertius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD Late April-July 29, 238
Diameter:     29 mm
Weight:     16.84 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     M ANT GORDIANVS CAES
Obverse Description:     Bare-headed draped bust right.
Reverse Legend:     PIETAS AVGG; SC (in ex.)
Reverse Description:     Pontifical implementia: lituus, knife, patera, jug, simpulum and sprinkler (emblems of the priestly colleges.)
Exergue:     SC
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC 003
Reference2:     Cohen 183
Reference3:     SR 8559
Photograph Credit:     Mark Lehman
Source:     http://www.stoa.org/gallery/lehman
Notes:     Gordian's coins as Caesar are equally as scarce or scarcer than the better-known "rarities" of Balbinus & Pupienus