GORDIAN III SILVER ANTONINIANUS______Pax Holding Branch
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UX09 FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS A BEAUTIFUL SILVER ANTONINIANUS OF GORDIAN III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius) FROM 238 – 244 AD. THE SIZE IS 22.1 MM AND 4.91 GRAMS. RSC 203 OBVERSE – IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE – P M TR P II COS P P, Pax standing left, branch in right, transverse scepter in left Marcus Antonius Gordianus (January 20 225 – February 11, 244), known in English as Gordian III, was Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Marcus Antonius Gordianus' mother was the daughter of Gordian I and the sister of Gordian II. This made him the grandson and nephew of the two Gordian emperors. His younger sister was called Gordiana. Gordian had assumed the name of his maternal grandfather in 238. It was the public hostility towards the successors of the Gordian emperors which brought the thirteen year old boy to the attention of the Roman senate. Not only was he a Gordian and hence to the ordinary Roman people's liking, but so too was his family very rich. Rich enough to finance a bonus payment to the people.So Gordian III became Caesar (junior emperor) alongside the two new Augusti Balbinus and Pupienus. But only a few months after this, Balbinus and Pupienus was murdered by the praetorian guard.This left Gordian III accede to the throne as emperor. In 241 Gordian married Furia Sabinia Tranquillina,
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