Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.05 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS P P, Gordian I, togate, standing left, holding olive-branch in his right hand and short scepter in his left. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 1-3; RSC 2. Toned. EF. Wonderful portrait.
From the Thomas A. Palmer Collection. Ex Superior (13 August 1995), lot 911; Numismaitc Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 334.