242 AD., Gordian III., Rome mint, Æ Sestertius, RIC 331a.

Gordian III., Rome mint, 7th issue, 242 AD.,
Sestertius (28-29 mm / 20,48 g), brass, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°),
Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III. right, seen from behind.
Rev.: FORTVNA REDVX / S C , Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, wheel of fortune under thone.
RIC IV, III, 51, 331a (common) ; Coh. 99 .

Chronology according K. Pink, Der Aufbau der römischen Münzprägung in der Kaiserzeit, III, Numismatische Zeitschrift 68 (1935), p 12-34.