v31_0403 - GORDIAN III Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 239
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Gordianus Pius Augustus", (L’empereur césar Gordien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AEQVITAS AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Aequitas (L'Équité) debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Æquitas Augusti", (L'Équité 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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