Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, left.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP
GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG (Translation: Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Gordian, the pious emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Hercules, nude except for lion-skin draped over left arm, advancing right, holding raised club in right hand and bow in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P V COS II P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.)