v09_0345 - GORDIAN III Assarion

MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 53.36 €

Type : Assarion

Date: 243-244

Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,85 g.

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert foncé. Flan large mais légèrement décentré au droit / Joli revers

Catalogue references :

BMC.123 var

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Gordien III à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A21).

Obverse legend : M [ANT GOR]-DIANOS A, (Markos Antonios Gordianos Autokrator).

Obverse translation : (Marc Antoine Gordien empereur).

Reverse

Reverse description : Une aigle légionnaire entre deux enseignes militaires surmontées de couronnes.

Reverse legend : NI-K-AI-E//WN.

Reverse translation : (Nicée).

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.

GORDIAN III Tetrassaria XF

150.00 €

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GORDIAN III Tétradrachme syro-phénicien XF

180.00 €

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GORDIAN III Antoninien AU

50.00 €

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GORDIAN III Triassaria VF/XF

100.00 €

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GORDIAN III Antoninien AU

60.00 €

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GORDIAN III Tétradrachme syro-phénicien XF

150.00 €

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v09_0345 - GORDIAN III Assarion

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

GORDIAN III

(02-03/238-03/244)

Augustus

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