brm_972233 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: fin
Date: 239-240
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 15,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, centré. Joli buste. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
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 : VIR-TV-S AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) en habit militaire, casqué et drapé, debout à gauche, tenant une branche d’oliver de la main droite et une haste renversée de la main gauche ; devant, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti", (La Virilité 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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