Gordian I. AD 238. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1-22 April. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS P P, Gordian I, togate, standing left, holding branch in raised right hand, wearing parazonium on hip and resting left hand on its hilt. RIC IV 1; BMCRE 1-3; RSC 2. Toned. Near EF. Well struck.
Ex MACM inventory MMoCA131C, purchased from Ian Roper Coins and Antiquities, 26 September 2008; Baldwin’s 57 (23 September 2008), lot 158.
