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Price : 550.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 01-02/244
Date: 244
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 20,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli revers. Métal légèrement taché. Patine marron
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 PERPET/ 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
Le seul autre exemplaire recensé provient du trésor de Guelma.
The only other recorded example comes from the Guelma treasure
The only other recorded example comes from the Guelma treasure
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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