Bust of Gordian I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP M
ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG (Translation: Imperator Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Marcus Antoninus Gordian, conqueror of Africa, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Female deity (Pax?), diademed, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and short sceptre in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
P M TR
P COS P P (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul, father of the nation.)