E-auction 518-432785 - bpv_538124 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 185 € |
| Maximum bid : | 255 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 March 2023 15:50:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 238-239
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 26,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Gordien III. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIAVS AV-G.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Gordien III à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien III auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAES ANT-IOC-H COL/ -|-// S R.
Reverse description : L’empereur et le Génie debout sur un piedestal, face à face, se donnant la main ; l’empereur est drapé et tient un sceptre de la main gauche ; le génie lui tend une statuette de Fortune/Tyché ; entre eux, un autel.
Reverse translation : “Cæsari Antiochi Colonia Senatus Romanus”, (Colonie césarienne d’Antioche/ le Sénat romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Trou de centrage au droit. Semble de même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de la BNF n° 1198-1205, pl. 64.
Type 3 ribbons. Centering hole on the right. Appears to be the same right corner as the copies in the Cabinet des médailles of the BNF n° 1198-1205, pl. 64
Type 3 ribbons. Centering hole on the right. Appears to be the same right corner as the copies in the Cabinet des médailles of the BNF n° 1198-1205, pl. 64
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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