v13_0584 - GORDIAN III Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 91.47 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 121.96 €
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 91.47 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 121.96 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: mi 240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan régulier et complet. Patine vert jade clair marbrée de rouge, épaisse, légèrement granuleuse. Faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
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 Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERT-AS AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Libertas (la Liberté) debout à gauche tenant un bonnet dans la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Libertas Augusti", (La Liberté de l'auguste).
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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