Gordian III AE Sestertius (VICTORIA AVG, RIC IV 258a)

GORDIAN III, AD 238-244
AE Sestertius (32.76mm, 19.95g, 12h)
Struck AD 238-9. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right
Reverse: VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left; S C across fields
References: RIC IV 258a; RCV 8742; ERIC II 329.

Dark brown patina with bronze highlights. Some scattered mineral deposits. A very sensitive and finely styled portrait of the young emperor, who would have been a mere 13 or 14 years old at the time this coin was struck.

Sammlung : Roman Imperial - the Military Anarchy