Roman Provincial

Gordian III Æ29 of Samos, off Ionia. AD 238-244. (8,96 g, 30 mm)

ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right

ⳞΑΜΙΩΝ, temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing cult statue of Samian Hera between two peacocks; beside temple, shrub in pot.

RPC VII.1, 577 (same dies); BMC 294.

Good very fine. Nice original brown patina