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ID:     711547
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     GORDIAN III
Date Ruled:     As Caesar, 238 AD
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Sestertius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 238
Weight:     23.39 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     M ANT GORDIANVS CAES
Obverse Description:     Bare headed and draped bust right, seen from behind
Reverse Legend:     PIETAS AVGG / S C
Reverse Description:     Augur's wand, sacrificial knife, patera, sacrificial jug, simpulum, and sprinkler
Exergue:     S C
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC 003
Reference2:     Banti 59
Reference3:     BMCRE 64 (Balbinus and Pupienus)
Reference4:     Cohen 183
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76775
Grade:     Good VF, even brown patina with patches of red and green
Notes:     Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1547 ( )From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.