GORDIAN III

AD 238-244 AE21. 5.04g, 21mm MINTED: PISIDIA, Seleucia, AD 238-244 REF: RPC VII.2, Unassigned ID 74258/1 (this coin); otherwise unpublished. OBVERSE: ΑΥ Κ Μ [ΑΝT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

REVERSE: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹЄΛЄΥΚЄΩΝ, Selene (?) standing facing, head left, crescent at shoulders, hand to mouth and holding sceptre (?).

Notes: Nice light green patina, with some scattered earthen deposits. 

An apparently unique coin, unpublished except as listed and pictured in the Roman Provincial Coinage (RPC) online database: 

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/74258

Historical Notes:

Seleucia in the region of Pisidia in Anatolia was named after and possibly also founded by the Diadoch Seleukos I Nikator (305-281 BC).  Under Roman Imperial rule, the city came to be known as Claudio-Seleucia, as indicated by the legends on its provincial coinage, after its restoration by Emperor Claudius.