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E-auction 218-143464 - bpv_368765 - GORDIAN III Semis

GORDIAN III Semis XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 51 €
Maximum bid : 81 €
End of the sale : 19 June 2017 14:48:30
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Semis
Date: c. 238-244
Mint name / Town : Ilium, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré Beau portrait de Gordien III Représentation inhabituelle du revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT MA ANT - GORDIANOS.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Marc Antoine Gordien).

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna Ilias debout à droite, coiffée du calathos, tenant de la main droite tendue le palladium et la main gauche une longue javeline transversale ; à ses pieds un bouclie.
Reverse legend : ILIE-WN.
Reverse translation : (d’Ilium).

Commentary


Sur cet exemplare, Athéna Ilias tient bien le palladium et non pas une quenouille comme indiqué dans le Roman Provincial Conage (RPC. 38). Il semble bien s’agir d’une statue cultuelle archaïque comme pour l’Artémis d’Éphèse qui était peut-être conservée dans un temple de la cité et vénérée par les gréco-romains.

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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