bpv_708959 - GORDIAN III Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 241-244
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli revers ainsi qu’un buste agréable. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUT K M ANT GORDIANOS AUG, (Autokrator Kaisaros Markos Antonios Gordianos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Hermès (Mercure) nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant un caducée et posant le pied sur un rocher.
Reverse legend : UP SAB MODESTOU NIKOPOLEITWN PROS IST, (Upatewn Sabinons Modestou Nikopeitwn Pros Istrwn).
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Sabinus Modestus de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus, Danube).
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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