brm_666145 - GORDIAN III Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 242-244
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Joli buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (B4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ORIE-N-S AVG.
Reverse description : Sol (Le Soleil) debout de face, regardant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Oriens Augusti”, (L'Orient de l'auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse formée d’écailles.
Historical background
GORDIAN III
(02-03/238-03/244)
Augustus
Gordian III is the grandson of Gordian I and the nephew of Gordian II, ephemeral emperors of the year 238. At the request of the people of Rome, he is chosen as Caesar by Balbin and Pupian and succeeds them after their assassinations. Emperor at 13, married at 16, killed at 19, this is how the life of this young man could be summed up, victim of the appetites of Philippe the Arab, new prefect of the praetorium.
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