brm_958066 - GORDIAN II AFRICANUS Sesterce

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Type : Sesterce

Date: 238

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 20,63 g.

Rarity : R3

Officine: 6e

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, centré. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.15 (70f.) - RIC.8 - BMC/RE.31 - RCV.8473 (4500$) - MRK.69 /8 (4500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien II d’Afrique 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 : VIRTVS - AVGG/ S|C.

Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée, vêtue militairement, debout à gauche, tenant un bouclier de la main droite et une haste renversée de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum” (La Virilité des augustes).

Historical background

GORDIAN II 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 only lasted 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 is killed in battle. Hearing the news, his father commits suicide..

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