bpv_1015844 - GORDIAN III Assaria
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Assaria
Date: c. 238-244
Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince et centré. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : A K M ANT - GORDIANOS
Obverse translation : (Lempereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien).
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent enroulé autour d’une torche.
Reverse legend : KUZIKHNWN NEOKORWN
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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