Live auction - brm_636852 - GORDIAN III Antoninien

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Estimate :	700 €
Price :	370 €
Maximum bid :	400 €
End of the sale :	09 March 2021 15:11:59
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: début

Date: 239

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,87 g.

Rarity : R3

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré. Faiblesse sur le corps de Jupiter mais revers finement détaillé. Très joli buste. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.190 - RIC.170 - RSC.190

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 : P M TR P I-I COS P P.

Reverse description : Jupiter assis à gauche tenant un foudre et un sceptre long ; à ses pieds, un aigle.

Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul Pater Patriæ", (Grand Pontife, revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la Patrie).