Live auction - brm_573555 - GORDIAN III Antoninien

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	300 €
Maximum bid :	300 €
End of the sale :	28 April 2020 15:18:41
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: début

Date: 239

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : billon

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 4,38 g.

Officine: 4e

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire, idéalement centré. Superbe buste, expressif et bien détaillé. Joli revers, légèrement taché. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

RIC.18 (S) - C.196 - RCV.8634 (60$) - MRK.70 /32-9 - RSC.196

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.

Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P II COS P P.

Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche.

Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife, revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunicienne consul père de la patrie).