Roman Empire. Gordian III (AD 238-244). Denarius - DIANA LVCIFERA (No reserve price)

Roman Empire.
Gordian III (238-244 AD).
Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.61 g).

Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA. Diana standing right, holding a long lighted torch in both hands.

Reference: RIC IV.3 127; Cohen 69.

Gordian III, grandson of Gordian I, became emperor in 238 AD at about thirteen, after the murder of Pupienus and Balbinus. He came to rely on the praetorian prefect Timesitheus, whose daughter Tranquillina he married in 241, the occasion often linked to this Diana Lucifera issue. Together they led a campaign against the Persians of Shapur I, winning at Resaena in 243, but Timesitheus died during the war and Gordian himself died early in 244, succeeded by Philip the Arab.

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