Description: Gordian III (238 - 244 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 240 AD. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ABUNDANTIA AVG; Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae with both hands, S C across fields.

Diameter: AE28 mm

Weight: 15,34 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC IV 274a

Commentary: one of the scarcer sestertii of Gordian; brown patina, some deposits on reverse

History: The cult of Abundantia (also called Abundia) may have survived in some regions of Gaul/France until the Middle Ages.

Article Number: 027-06-01-44388