Gordian II AR Denarius. Rome, AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG,

Gordian II AR Denarius. Rome, AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand and cornucopiae; globe at her feet. RIC 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19. 3.29g, 23mm, 5h.



Near Extremely Fine; nick on rev. Very Rare.



Ex Frank Reinhardt Collection.



Gordian II was Roman Emperor for only one month with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle at Carthage.