Mystery provincial - centaur reverse

This small, 16mm provincial coin is strange and doesn't ring any bells.

Obverse says "AVT---DIANOS"(?) with bare head right.
Reverse "D--POL--" with a centaur(?) advancing left.

I can't even begin to a guess. The only emperor I can think of with -DIANO- would be Gordian, but I don't see any examples even close in Wildwinds.

 

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I like Gordian here's one possibility:

MESOPOTAMIA, Singara. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 19mm (7.47 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Centaur (Sagittarius) advancing right, shooting arrow; in background, vexillum inscribed ΛЄ/Γ in two lines. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 2625; Mionnet suppl. VIII 81. Near VF, mottled red and brown patina.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

 

Thanks! That looks close. My guy has an odd head, but Gordian does seem the most likely

 

Not a centaur.

The coin is from Hadrianopolis, Gordian III, reverse Eros on dolphin.

This example might be a die match:

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/346193

 

Excellent!

 

Weird, that’s about the last thing I would have thought about! Thanks!