Live auction - brm_550742 - GORDIAN III As

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	29 October 2019 14:54:47

Type : As

Date: mi 240

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 11,09 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan épais, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Usure régulière. Joli buste. Monnaie agréable. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.391 - RIC.293

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré de Gordien III à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus" (Empereur Gordien Pieux Heureux Auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIRTVS AVG // SC.

Reverse description : Virtus debout, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et une lance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un bouclier.

Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti" (La Vertu de l'Auguste).