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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 342 € |
| Maximum bid : | 342 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 15:26:10 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 238-239
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,41 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, légèrement décentré. Joli buste, finement détaillé. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P II COS P P.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) debout à gauche tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul Pater Patriæ", (Grand Pontife, revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la Patrie).
Commentary
Un seul autre exemplaire recensé.
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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