Live auction - brm_888267 - GORDIAN III Denier

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brm_888267

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Type : Denier

Date: mi

Date: 240

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 2,66 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 4e

Coments on the condition:

Superbe denier sur un flan large et ovale. Droit très bien venu, finement détaillé. Agréable revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.325 - RIC.129 A, pl. 2-18 - RCV.8681 - RSC.325 - HCC.62 - MRK.72 /46 - HCC.62

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 heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SALVS AVGVSTI.

Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) drapée debout à droite, tenant une patère de la main gauche et tenant un serpent de la main droite.

Reverse translation : “Salus Augusti”, (La Santé de l'auguste).

Commentary

Poids léger. La septième émission de Rome se décompose en deux phases, l’une pour l’or et l’argent et la seconde pour le bronze. Pour l’argent, nous n’avons que des deniers.
Lightweight. The seventh issue of Rome is broken down into two phases, one for gold and silver and the second for bronze. For money, we only have denarii