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v18_0535 - GORDIAN III Sesterce

GORDIAN III Sesterce VF
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce
Date: 02-05/238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure très importante, mais identifiable. Sans patine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vieille collection du XIXe siècle du Sud de la France

Obverse


Obverse legend : M ANT GORDIANVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antonius Gordianus Cæsar”, (Marc Antoine Gordien césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGG// SC.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau à sacrifice, patère, vase (capis), simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (la Piété des augustes) .

Commentary


Poids très léger.

Historical background


GORDIAN III

(02-03/238-03/244)

Caesar

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.

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