Live auction - brm_549670 - GORDIAN III Denier
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Estimate : | 720 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:11:23 |
Type : Denier
Date: février - mai
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Métal légèrement piqué sur le visage de Gordien mais celui-ci reste très agréable. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M ANT GORDIANVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antonius Gordianus Cæsar”, (Marc Antoine Gordien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGG// SC.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau à sacrifice, patère, vase (capis), simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (la Piété des augustes) .
Commentary
Poids léger. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons un denier pour Gordien III césar !.