Live auction - brm_946044 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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Starting price : | 40 € |
Estimate : | 80 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 14:43:57 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 241
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 23,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, bien centré. Usure régulière. Beau buste au droit, détaillé. Patine verte
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 : P M TR P IIII COS II P P/ -|-// S C.
Reverse description : Apollon nu jusqu’à la ceinture assis à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et son coude gauche, appuyé sur sa lyre qui repose sur le siège.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quartum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids lourd.