Gordian III, as Caesar, 238. Sestertius (Bronze, 30 mm, 22.41 g, 12 h), Rome, April-July 238. M ANT GORDIANVS CAES Bare-headed and draped bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. PIETAS AVGG / S C Augur's wand, sacrificial knife, patera, sacrificial jug, simpulum and sprinkler. Banti 59. BMC 64. Cohen 183. RIC 3. Greenish-brown patina. Fields smoothed, otherwise, very fine.
From the stock of an old Swiss dealer assembled mainly in the 1960s-1970s.