Live auction - brm_381091 - GORDIAN III Antoninien

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Estimate :	750 €
Price :	1 250 €
Maximum bid :	1 402 €
End of the sale :	01 March 2016 14:55:51
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: 238 ou 239

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 4,77 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Gordien III. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Patine grise de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

C. - RIC. - RSC. - HCC.

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : PON M T-R-I P CON P P.

Reverse description : Sérapis coiffé du calathos, drapé debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un grand sceptre transversal bouleté aux deux extrémités.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tirbunica Potestas Consul Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie.