brm_236581 - GORDIAN III Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 241
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré sur un petit flan. Très beau portrait. Revers un peu mou. Epaisse patine grise
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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 : VIRTVTI A-VGVSTI.
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout de face, regardant à droite, posant sa main droite sur sa hanche et tenant de sa main gauche une massue posée sur un rocher ; à côté de la massue, une peau de lion.
Reverse translation : "Virtuti Augusti", (À la Virilité de l'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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