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Gordian III, AV Aureus Struck 241-243 AD. (4.96gm) Obv: IMP GORDIANS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing left, raising hand, globe and whip. Calico 3186b. HISTORY & CONTEXT Borrowing the sun god's credibility Sol turns up a lot on Gordian Ill's gold coinage, and it's not hard to see why - he came to the throne as a young teenager after a chaotic run of short-lived emperors, and tying himself to the sun god was a fast way to project stability he otherwise didn't really have at that age.