★ An Unusually Weighty Antoninianus ★

ROMAN EMPIRE. Gordian III.
Silver Antoninianus, AD 242-244. Antioch.
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev; ORIENS AVG, Sol standing left, holding globe and raising right hand.

Good Extremely Fine; underlying lustre, struck on an unusually thick and weighty flan for an antoninianus.

Reference: RIC IV-213; RSC-167.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 23 mm.
Weight: 6.52 g.