Large store genuine silver Roman Antoninianus coin of Gordian III AD 238-244 Rome 24 mm 3.31g

large genuine silver Roman Antoninianus coin of Gordian III AD 238-244 Rome 24 mm 3.31g
Gordian III (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – 11 February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest 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 store grandfather in 238.