E-auction 608-583633 - GORDIAN III Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: fin
Date: 239
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Frappe un peu molle, particulièrement au revers. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIR-TV-S AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) en habit militaire, casqué et drapé, debout à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et une lance de la gauche ; à ses pieds un bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti", (La Virilité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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