E-auction 9-2011 - brm_124540 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 225 € |
| Price : | 87 € |
| Maximum bid : | 115 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2013 17:29:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: mi 240
Date: 240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan rectangulaire. Très beau portrait. Patine marron-noir. Faiblesse de frappe au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX AETERNA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pax (La Paix) drapée allant à gauche tenant une branche d'olivier dans la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pax Æterna", (La Paix éternelle).
Commentary
Poids très lourd.
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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