| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
| Year | 240 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 4.6 g |
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| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
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| Reference(s) | RIC IV.3#59, OCRE#ric.4.gor_iii.59 |
| Obverse description | Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IMP
CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG (Translation: Imperator Caesar Gordianus Pius Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gordianus, the pious emperor (Augustus).) |
| Reverse description | Gordian III, veiled, togate, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar and holding wand in left hand. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | P M TR
P II COS P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul, father of the nation.) |
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| Mintage | ND (240) - - |
| Catalog ID | 2931744890 |
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