v21_3018 - GORDIAN III Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: fin 240 - mi-243
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 19,40 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 8-11e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique portrait avec une patine marron foncé. Joli revers, dont le champ a été légèrement gratté
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 : AETER-NITATI AVG/ S|C .
Reverse description : Sol radié, nu debout de face, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternitati Augusti”, (À l'Éternité de l'auguste).
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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