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brm_543905 - GORDIAN III Sesterce

GORDIAN III Sesterce XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 05-12/238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 21,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, bien centré des deux côtés. Joli buste, détaillé. Usure régulière. Belle patine foncée homogène
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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 Caesar 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


Première émission du règne personnel de Gordien 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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