The Roman Empire
Gordian III caesar, 22 April – 29 July 238
Gordian III is the last of the boy emperors shown on coins to mature from a child via multiple intermediate portrait types to a young man with beard. His portraits as caesar all follow a single type as child, executed across the various denomi­nations. AMP. Denarius 238, AR 3.47 g. M ANT GORDIANVS CAES Draped bust r. Rev. PIETAS AVGG Priestly implements. C 182. BMC Balbinus and Pupienus 62. RIC 1.
Scarce. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc