bpv_931877 - GORDIAN III Diassria
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Type : Diassria
Date: c 238-244
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Très beau portrait de Gordien III. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Gordien III à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : M ANT GOR-DIANOS AUG, (Markos Antonios Gordianos Augustos).
Obverse translation : (Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché drapée, coiffé du calathos, debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : MARKIANO-POLITWN (Markianopoleitwn).
Reverse translation : (de Marcianopolis).
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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