Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian)
Reverse description
Temple with four columns enclosing statue of Roma holding shield and spear; on either side, temple seen in three-quarter view
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ
ϹΟΦΙ (Translation: of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate, first in Asia, under strategos Rufinus the sophist)