v61_0195 - GORDIAN I AFRICANUS Denier
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 2 900.00 €
Estimate : 4 200.00 €
Realised price : 2 900.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 250.00 €
Starting price : 2 900.00 €
Estimate : 4 200.00 €
Realised price : 2 900.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 250.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,89 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan ovale, large et irrégulier parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait de Gordien Ier. Revers de haut relief. Jolie patine de médaillier avec reflets dorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Parsy du 11 mars 1997, n° 142 et de la collection D. R
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Antonius Africanus Augustus” (L’empereur Marc Antoine Gordien Africain auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVR-ITAS AVGG.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapée, assise à gauche, tenant un sceptre de la main droite.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Augustorum" (La Sécurité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. De la plus grande rareté.
Historical background
GORDIAN I AFRICANUS
(01-02/238)
Africa went into rebellion at the very beginning of the year 238. Gordian, governor of the Proconsular, took the lead in the revolt and immediately associated his son with the same name with power, by having him proclaimed Augustus. The Gordians are recognized by the Senate which hates Maximin I Thrace. But the reign of African emperors lasts only twenty-one days. The governor of Numidia, loyal to Maximin, enters Proconsulary with the III Augusta legion and crushes the ill-prepared troops of Gordian II. He finds death in battle. Hearing the news, his father commits suicide..
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