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bpv_243977 - GORDIAN III Diassaria

GORDIAN III Diassaria XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Diassaria
Date: c. 238-244
Mint name / Town : Sestus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan régulier ovale bien des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu faible sur la légende de droit. Très joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive granuleuse
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Tom Vossen

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée de Gordien III à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AN - GORDIANOS, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antwnius Gordianos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien).

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus nu debout à gauche, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : SH-S-TIWN, (Sestiwn).
Reverse translation : (de Sestos).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3. Grand buste nu.

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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