Live auction - brm_744954 - GORDIAN III Antoninien

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MS/AU

Estimate :	120 €
Price :	67 €
Maximum bid :	80 €
End of the sale :	24 October 2023 15:25:42
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: mai - décembre

Date: 238

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,73 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 5e

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré. Buste de toute beauté. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.381 - RIC.6 - RCV.8668 - MRK.72 /55

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.

Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIRTVS AVG.

Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) en habit militaire, casqué et drapé, debout à gauche, s'appuyant de la main droite sur un bouclier et tenant une lance de la gauche.

Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti", (La Virilité de l'auguste).