v09_0345 - GORDIAN III Assarion
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 53.36 €
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
Realised price : 53.36 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 243-244
Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,85 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert foncé. Flan large mais légèrement décentré au droit / Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Gordien III à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A21).
Obverse legend : M [ANT GOR]-DIANOS A, (Markos Antonios Gordianos Autokrator)
Obverse translation : (Marc Antoine Gordien empereur).
Reverse
Reverse description : Une aigle légionnaire entre deux enseignes militaires surmontées de couronnes.
Reverse legend : NI-K-AI-E//WN
Reverse translation : (Nicée).
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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