★ Very rare Adventus antoninianus of Gordian III ★

Gordian III, 238-244. Antoninianus (Silver, 22 mm, 5.00 g, 6 h), Antiochia, 239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P II COS P P Gordian III on horseback left, raising his right hand in salute and holding spear in his left. Bland 34. R. Bland: An imperial visit to Antioch in AD 239, in: Mélanges Amandry (2017), p. 355, 6. Cohen 219. Michaux 513. RIC 174. Very rare. Some weakness and with minor die breaks, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Jacquier 47, 21 September 2019, 1427 and from the collection of M. Kelly, Spink 123, 18 November 1997, 1447 (part of).