NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5 (AD 238-244) Roman Empire Gordian III AR antoninianus (23mm, 4.72 gm, 6h). Rainbow Toning!

Gordian III (AD 238-244). AR antoninianus (23mm, 4.72 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, 4th issue, AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from behind / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Gordian III, in military dress, advancing right, transverse spear in right hand, globe in left. RIC IV.III 92. Rainbow toning.

Gordian III (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – c. February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest ever sole Roman emperor. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and Junius Balbus, who died before 238. Antonia Gordiana was the daughter of Emperor Gordian I and younger sister of Emperor Gordian II. Very little is known of his early life before his acclamation. Gordian had assumed the name of his maternal grandfather in 238.