Watch List notes:

Gordian III Æ As or Medalette(?). Rome, AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIFEX MAX TR P IIII, emperor, holding branch and eagle-tipped sceptre and crowned by Victory, holding palm, in triumphal quadriga led to left by Virtus, holding reins and spear; a soldier's helmeted head facing between two spears in background, COS II P P in exergue. RIC IV 321a; C. 289; Gnecchi III, pg. 46, 63 & pl. 153, 12 (same dies). 11.00g, 26mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare, only one other example on CoinArchives.

Ex Inasta, Auction 22, 12 September 2007, lot 850.

RIC questions whether this piece is an as of standard issue, noting that it does not show the SC commonly found on the reverse of Roman Imperial bronzes.