Gordian III Æ 38mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-240. IMP CAES M ANT GOR[DIANVS AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [A]NTIOCHIA, priestly implements: jug between lituus and knife on left, and simpulum and sprinkler on right; SR in exergue. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 3276; BMC 106; SNG BnF 1233. 22.84g, 38mm, 12h.
Very Fine; double struck. Rare.
From a private UK collection.
This coin has been double struck, with the flan being turned by about 90º between strikes leading to the duplication of the first part of the obv. legend over the second half, and the end of the rev. legend covering the beginning.
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