E-auction 259-182456 - brm_478055 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 70 € |
| Price : | 46 € |
| Maximum bid : | 46 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 April 2018 14:43:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 05-12/238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 22,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan éclaté entre 4 et 5h mais bien centré des deux côtés. Patine vert foncé. La monnaie présente une belle Victoire au revers. Le droit est plus marqué par les traces de circulation mais reste parfaitement lisible et identifiable
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTO-RIA AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) allant à gauche, tenant une palme de la main gauche et brandissant une couronne dans la main droite.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augusti", (La Victoire de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Première émission du règne personnel de Gordien III.
Heavyweight. First issue of the personal reign of Gordian III.
Heavyweight. First issue of the personal reign of Gordian III.
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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