brm_878234 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
175.00 €(Approx. 182.00$ | 145.25£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 239-240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et centré. Usure plus importante au revers qu’au droit. Buste bien reconnaissable de l’empereur. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus" (Empereur César Marc Antoine Gordien Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ABVNDANTIA AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Abundantia (L'Abondance) debout à droite tenant des deux mains une corne d'abondance qu'elle déverse au sol.
Reverse translation : "Abundantia Augusti" (L'abondance de l'Auguste).
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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