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| Estimate : | 115 € |
| Price : | 54 € |
| Maximum bid : | 62 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2014 15:57:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: mi - fin
Date: 243
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, parfaitement centré avec un flan éclaté à 3 et 9 heures. Beau portrait. Très joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
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 : SECVRITAS PERPETVA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) debout de face tournée à gauche, les jambes croisées, tenant de la main droite un long sceptre vertical, le bras gauche appuyé sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Perpetua", (La Sécurité perpétuelle).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Very heavy weight. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Very heavy weight. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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