AE Pentassarion 13.00g. 28mm. 238-241 A.D.

Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, r., seen from rear, and Serapis, draped, l.

AVT M ANT GORDIANOC AVG

Demeter standing l., holding ears of corn and torch; E in l. field; last letters of legend in r. field.

VP MHNOFILOV MARKIANOPOLITWN

RPC VII.2 1362; Varbanov 1978

Rare. Dark green patina.

Slightly uneven strike. Some green adhesions.

Struck under Tullius Menophilus, legatus consularis. Only 5 examples known to RPC.

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