bpv_778158 - GORDIAN III Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 240-244
Mint name / Town : Deultum, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,70 g.
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Très bel exemplaire parfaitement centré. Beau buste de Gordien III. Double frappe sur la légende au revers. Belle patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS (AV)G.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Gordianus Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Gordien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL FL PA-C D[EVLT].
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule,tenant une phiale de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Flavia Pacifica Deultum”, (Colonie Flavie pacifique Deultum).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Double frappe au revers.
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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