bpv_969105 - GORDIAN III Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli buste. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quart en arrière.
Obverse legend : AU KAI M ANT GORDIANOS - SEB (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Antwnios Gordianos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Mont Argée surmonté d’une statue.
Reverse legend : MHTRO KAIS BN// ETD.
Reverse translation : (Ville de Césarée deux fois décorée an 4).
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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