bpv_749181 - GORDIAN III Tridrachme
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Type : Tridrachme
Date: 240
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très joli revers. Buste agréable. Patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé, de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT K M ANT GORDIANOS SEBA, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Antwnios Gordianos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Mont Argée surmonté d’une statue.
Reverse legend : MHTROP - KAISARI// B-NE/ ETG
Reverse translation : (Ville de Césarée, an 3).
Commentary
Contremarque au revers.
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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