Live auction - brm_566800 - GORDIAN III Sesterce

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AU/XF

Estimate :	195 €
Price :	100 €
Maximum bid :	100 €
End of the sale :	25 July 2023 15:22:09
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Sesterce

Date: 242

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 15,60 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 6e

Coments on the condition:

Flan mince, bien centré des deux côtés. Joli buste. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

C.267 - RIC.307 a - RCV.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.

Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).

Obverse translation : "Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur Gordien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P V COS II PP.

Reverse description : Gordien III, lauré debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant un globe de la main gauche et une haste transversale de la main droite.

Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quintum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife, revêtu de la cinquième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la seconde fois père de la patrie).