Caesar Gordian the Third Coin Pendant

Born about AD 225, Gordian III was the grandson of Gordian I and the nephew of Gordian II. He was given the title of Caesar by the Joint Emperors Balbinus and Pupienus, and after their murders he was proclaimed Augustus by the Praetorian Guards.

Little is known about his reign, one of the few recorded events of which was a rebellion in Africa, promptly suppressed. In AD 240, Gordian set off for the east to direct the Persian campaign in person, and his first actions were so successful that the enemy were compelled to evacuate Mesopotamia; but due to treachery on the part of M. Julius Philippus, the Praetorian Prefect, the loyalty of the troops was undermined, and Gordian was deposed and murdered near Circesium in Mesopotamia (AD 244).