Watch List notes:

Gordian III, as Caesar, 238. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 29 mm, 23.43 g, 1 h), Rome, circa April-June 238. M ANT GORDIANVS CAES Bare-headed and draped bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind. Rev. PIETAS AVGG / S C Jug between lituus, knife and patera on left and simpulum and sprinkler on right. BMC 64 corr. (patera not mentioned). Cohen 183. Michaux 132. RIC 3. An attractive example with a fine portrait of the young child emperor. Minor smoothing and with a few light deposits, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collections of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang and Yves Gunzenreiner, ex Nomos 10, 18 May 2015, 122, and from the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection, Triton IX, 10 January 2006, 1547.