Live auction - brm_498162 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 380 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 14:41:32 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: fin 240-début 243
Date: 240-243
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 22,08 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Gordien III. Joli revers de style fin, de frappe un peu molle. Très belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Cheilan (Toulon) en 2005 et de la collection du docteur S
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 : LAETITIA AVG N/ S|C.
Reverse description : Lætitia (la Joie) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une ancre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Lætitia Augusti Nostri” (La Joie de notre auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3.
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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