bpv_833235 - GORDIAN III Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 238-239
Mint name / Town : Pella, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus”, (L’eempereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL IVL AVG PELLA.
Reverse description : Pan nu assis à gauche sur un rocher, portant sa main droite au-dessus de sa tête et s’appuyant de la main gauche sur la syrinx.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Iulia Augusta Pella”, (Colonie Julia Augusta Pella).
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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