bpv_1104903 - GORDIAN I AFRICANUS Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: janvier - février
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 11,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Buste agréable. Patine marron, tachée
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*).
Obverse legend : A K M AN GORDIANOS SEM AF EUSE, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antonios Gordianos Sem AfrikanonsEusebios Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antonius Gordien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LA.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, la tête tournée à droite, une couronne dans le bec.
Reverse translation : (an 1).
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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