brm_779541 - GORDIAN I AFRICANUS Sesterce
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Price : 1 500.00 €
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Price : 1 500.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: janvier - février
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien I à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien l’africain auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDENTIA AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) drapée, debout à gauche, les jambes croisées, le coude gauche appuyé sur une colonne, tenant de la main droite un bâton placé au-dessus d’un globe et de la main gauche une corne d’abondance.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augustorum”, (La Providence des augustes).
Commentary
L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 41, n° 723 a réalisé 2200€ en TTB+.
The copy of MONNAIES 41, n° 723 realized €2,200 in VF+
The copy of MONNAIES 41, n° 723 realized €2,200 in VF+
Historical background
GORDIAN I AFRICANUS
(01-02/238)
Africa went into rebellion at the very beginning of the year 238. Gordian, governor of the Proconsular, took the lead in the revolt and immediately associated his son with the same name with power, by having him proclaimed Augustus. The Gordians are recognized by the Senate which hates Maximin I Thrace. But the reign of African emperors lasts only twenty-one days. The governor of Numidia, loyal to Maximin, enters Proconsulary with the III Augusta legion and crushes the ill-prepared troops of Gordian II. He finds death in battle. Hearing the news, his father commits suicide..
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