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v28_0279 - GORDIAN III Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)

GORDIAN III Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32) VF
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 121.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 121.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, légèrement éclaté à 4 heures. Beau portrait. Patine verte
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 heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : FELICITAS AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) debout à gauche, tenant un long caducée de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Felicitas Augusti", (La Félicité de l'auguste).

Commentary


Poids lourd.

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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