bpv_570177 - GORDIAN III Diassarion
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Diassarion
Date: 243-244
Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau buste de Gordien III. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse legend : M ANT[ GORDIA]NOS AUG, (Markos Antwnios Gordianos Autokrator)
Obverse translation : (Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle posé sur un degré avec fronton triangulaire pointé surmonté d’acrotères ; au centre deux globules posés verticalement.
Reverse legend : N-I-//KAIEW[N], (Nikaiewn)
Reverse translation : (Nicée).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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