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E-auction 89-45609 - bpv_312256 - GORDIAN III Sesterce

GORDIAN III Sesterce XF
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Estimate : 145 €
Price : 22 €
Maximum bid : 22 €
End of the sale : 29 December 2014 16:11:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 22,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale très épais, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Gordien III. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine vert clair, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN V.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche ; le taureau lève l’antérieur gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Mœsiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium/ Anno quintum”, (Colonie de Viminacium province de Mésie supérieure/ cinquième année).

Commentary


Poids très lourd. Kotschev pour l’an V a relevé un poids moyen pour le sesterce de 19,37 g pour vingt-trois exemplaires avec trois coins de droit.

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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