brm_973333 - GORDIAN III Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: début 239
Date: 239
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 17,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste de Gordien III. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
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 : SALVS AVG// SC.
Reverse description : Salus (La Santé) assise à gauche, nourrissant de la main droite un serpent enlacé autour d'un autel.
Reverse translation : "Salus Augusti", (La Santé 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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