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brm_231691 - GORDIAN III Sesterce

GORDIAN III Sesterce XF
135.00 €(Approx. 145.80$ | 116.10£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: fin 240 - mi-243
Date: 240-243
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Usure régulière. Très jolie patine vert clair
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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 et heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : AETER-NITATI AVG/ S|C .
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternitati Augusti”, (À l'Éternité de l'auguste).

Commentary


Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum.

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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