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Price : 80.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 242-244
Mint name / Town : Édesse, Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 7,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, centré. Jolis bustes. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2) ; une étoile dans le champ devant le visage.
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M ANT GORDIANOS SEB.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste d’Abgar X coiffé de la tiare et drapé à droite ; une étoile derrière le visage.
Reverse legend : ABGAROS - BASILEWS.
Reverse translation : (Abgar roi).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
Historical background
GORDIAN III
(02-03/238-03/244)
Augustus
Gordian III is the grandson of Gordian I and the nephew of Gordian II, ephemeral emperors of the year 238. At the request of the people of Rome, he is chosen as Caesar by Balbin and Pupian and succeeds them after their assassinations. Emperor at 13, married at 16, killed at 19, this is how the life of this young man could be summed up, victim of the appetites of Philippe the Arab, new prefect of the praetorium.
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