E-auction 146-84845 - bpv_382547 - GORDIAN III Tetrassaria
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 29 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 February 2016 15:16:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 238-240
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,24 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés; Beau portrait. Joli revers. patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse legend : AUT K M ANTWNIOS - GORDIANOS. (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antwnios Gordianos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un foudre, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : UP SAB MODESTOU NIKOPOLEIT(WN) PROS ISTRON (Upatewn Sabiniou Modestou Nikopoleitwn Pros istros)
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Sabinus Modestus de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus, Danube).
Commentary
Trace de double frappe au droit. Trou de centrage visible des deux côtés.
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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