E-auction 88-45024 - bpv_312251 - GORDIAN III As
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 41 € |
| Maximum bid : | 41 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 December 2014 16:12:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : As
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait large. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
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 avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S CO-L VIM// [AN I].
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Mœsiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium/ Anno primum”, (Colonie de Viminacium province de Mésie supérieure/ première année).
Commentary
Émission divisionnaire inaugurale. Kotschev pour l’an I a relevé un poids moyen pour l’as de 4,18 g pour vingt-deux exemplaires avec deux coins de droit.
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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