Gordian III - Augustus 238-244 AD - Sestertius - IOVI STATORI - amazing blue patina
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Laureate head right
IOVI STATORI
Jupiter standing, facing, holding scepter and thunderbolt.
Weight: 17.96 gr
Diameter: 28.8 mm
Gordian III was Roman emperor from AD 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest sole legal Roman emperor throughout the existence of the united Roman Empire. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and an unknown Roman Senator who died before