Gordian I was Roman emperor in AD 238 with his son Gordian II during the Year of the Six Emperors. Caught up in a rebellion against the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, he was defeated in battle and committed
Gordian I on a denarius. Inscription: IMP. CAES. M. ANT. GORDIANVS AFR. AVG.
Early 3rd-century portrait head on a modern bust, labeled as Gordian I in the Capitoline Museums, Rome. The identification is uncertain.
Bust of an emperor in the Bardo National Museum (Tunis) labeled as Gordian I. Some authors call him Decius.
Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus was Roman emperor with Pupienus for three months in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors.
Bust, Hermitage Museum
Portrait of the Roman Emperor Balbinus, dated AD 200–300, from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Sestertius of Balbinus. Inscription: IMP. CAES. D. CAEL. BALBINVS AVG.
Statue of Balbinus, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Greece.