Live auction - bpv_428611 - GORDIAN III Pentassaria

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AU/AU

Estimate :	280 €
Price :	150 €
Maximum bid :	150 €
End of the sale :	02 May 2017 14:53:06
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Pentassaria

Date: 241-244

Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 14,77 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais bien centré, un peu court au droit sur la légende. Beaux portraits de Gordien III et de Sérapis. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse au revers

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - Cop.- - AMNG. 1/1149 - GIC.- - Varbonov1954 (R3)

Obverse

Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Gordien III lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière et de Sérapis, coiffée du calathos et drapé vu de trois quarts en avant.

Obverse legend : M ANT GORDIANOS// AUG, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antonios Gordianos Augustos).

Obverse translation : (Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).