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brm_958066 - GORDIAN II AFRICANUS Sesterce

GORDIAN II AFRICANUS Sesterce XF
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Price : 2 200.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 20,63 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine marron
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Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien II d’Afrique à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Augustus” (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien l’Africain auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRTVS - AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée, vêtue militairement, debout à gauche, tenant un bouclier de la main droite et une haste renversée de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum” (La Virilité des augustes).

Historical background


GORDIAN II 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 only lasted 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 is killed in battle. Hearing the news, his father commits suicide..

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