E-auction 20-5495 - brm_123631 - GORDIAN III Sesterce

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Estimate :	145 €
Price :	71 €
Maximum bid :	79 €
End of the sale :	02 September 2013 15:19:30
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: 242

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 20,34 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 6e

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Joli revers de haut relief. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.307 a - C.267 - RC.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.

Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P V - COS II PP.

Reverse description : Gordien III, lauré debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant un globe de la main gauche et une haste transversale de la main droite.

Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quintum Consul secundum Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife, revêtu de la cinquième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la seconde fois père de la patrie).