v21_3010 - GORDIAN III Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: mi-241
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une patine de collection. Grènetis complets des deux côtés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGVSTI.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée et drapée debout à gauche, levant les deux mains.
Reverse translation : "Pietas Augusti", (La Piété de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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