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v08_0364 - GORDIAN III Denier

GORDIAN III Denier MS/XF
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Denier
Date: 240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 450 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique sur un flan légèrement irrégulier / Frappe molle au revers

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 : (L'empereur Gordien pieux et heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LAETITIA AVG N.
Reverse description : Lætitia (la Joie) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un gouvernail de la gauche.
Reverse translation : (La Joie de notre auguste).

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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