 | Gordian III -AE25. Thrace, Mesembria, 241-4 AD, 11.95g, Possibly unpublished, Rx: Bearded Dionysus seated l. emptying cup and holding thyrsus, Very unusual reverse type of bearded and seated Dionysus, not recorded by Mouchmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (in Bulgarian), for Mesembria or any other Balkan mint. Same obv die as SNG Cop-662 and Winsemann Falghera-2100. Reference:Ruzicka no. 6 from Berliner Munzblatter - Nov 1915.
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