brm_540743 - GORDIAN I AFRICANUS Sesterce
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Price : 1 400.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,06 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers. Usure régulière. L’exemplaire est parfaitement lisible. Buste agréable. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Augustus” (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien l’Africain auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICT-ORIA AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, marchant à gauche, brandissant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.
Historical background
GORDIAN I AFRICANUS
(01-02/238)
Africa went into rebellion at the very beginning of the year 238. Gordian, governor of the Proconsular, took the lead in the revolt and immediately associated his son with the same name with power, by having him proclaimed Augustus. The Gordians are recognized by the Senate which hates Maximin I Thrace. But the reign of African emperors lasts only twenty-one days. The governor of Numidia, loyal to Maximin, enters Proconsulary with the III Augusta legion and crushes the ill-prepared troops of Gordian II. He finds death in battle. Hearing the news, his father commits suicide..
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