bpv_933432 - GORDIAN III Unité
300.00 €(Approx. 312.00$ | 249.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 238-244
Mint name / Town : Bruzos, Phrygie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli revers, finement détaillé. Patine foncée et sable
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : A K M ANTW GORDIANOS
Obverse translation : (L’empereur, césar Marc Antoine Gordien ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle de face, les ailes déployées.
Reverse legend : BROUSHNWN
Reverse translation : (de Bruzos).
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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