bpv_537458 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 238-239
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 23,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Revers finement détaillé. Patine marron, légèrement tachée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien III auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAES ANTIOCH COL/-|-//S R.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face, drap les ailes ouvertes, tenant ensemble un bouclier inscrit S R posé sur un palmier ; un captif de chaque côté, assis dos à dos au pied du palmier.
Reverse translation : “Cæsari Antiochi Colonia Senatus Romanus”, (Colonie césarienne d’Antioche/ le Sénat romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
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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