Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
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
Gordian III, togate, standing right, accompanied by a soldier holding standard, receiving globe from Roma, helmeted, seated left with spear at side, and holding spear in left hand; between them, soldiers holding standards.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
PONTIFEX MAX TR P III COS P P S C (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)