brm_845366 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 05-12/238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 17,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie sur un flan bien centré. Usure sur les reliefs, mais de très jolis détails. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS 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 Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICT-ORIA AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) allant à gauche, tenant une palme de la main gauche et brandissant une couronne dans la main droite.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augusti", (La Victoire de l'auguste).
Commentary
Première émission du règne personnel de Gordien III.
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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