bpv_818176 - GORDIAN III Decassaria
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Type : Decassaria
Date: c. 238-244
Mint name / Town : Tarse, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 22,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse legend : AUT KAI ANTWNIOS GORDIANOS SEB/ P - P
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Antonius Gordien Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Héraklès (Hercule) nu, debout à gauche, la léonté sur l’épaule, tenant la massue de la main droite posée verticalement et les pommes des Hespérides de la main gauche ; devant lui, serpent enroulé dans un arbre.
Reverse legend : TARSOU - MHTROPOLEOS/ A/M/K||G/B
Reverse translation : (ville de Tarse).
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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