v25_0370 - GORDIAN III Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 05-12/238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert olive profond, légèrement granuleuse au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Gordien III à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus" (Empereur César Marc Antoine Gordien Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fides (La Fidélité) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une enseigne de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Fides Militum" (La Fidélité des Soldats).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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