bpv_221012 - GORDIAN III Diassaria
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Price : 135.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 135.00 €
Type : Diassaria
Date: c. 240-244
Mint name / Town : Deultum, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,27 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier. Portrait tout à fait exceptionnel. Joli revers. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du catalogue Gilles Blançon 51, n° 190 (190€)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL FL PA-C DEVLT.
Reverse description : Gordien III, lauré, vêtu militairement marchant à droite, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Flavia Pacifica Deultum”, (Colonie Flavie pacifique Deultum).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Il n’y a pas de ptéryges sous le paludamentum.
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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