brm_124538 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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Price : 165.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: mi 240
Date: 240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Légères rayures au revers. Jolie patine rouge bordeaux
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 AVG// SC.
Reverse description : Securitas (La Sécurité) assise à gauche, tenant un sceptre de la main droite et soutenant sa tête de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Augusti", (La Sécurité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Very light weight
Very light weight
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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