brm_652702 - GORDIAN III As
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Type : As
Date: fin
Date: 240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré. Joli buste. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine vert foncé
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 et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVTI AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à droite, son bras droit au côté et la main gauche tenant la massue autour de laquelle est enroulée la léonté, posée sur un rocher.
Reverse translation : “Virtuti Augusti”, (À la virilité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
Type 3 ribbons
Type 3 ribbons
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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