bpv_833247 - GORDIAN III Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé, de Gordien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse legend : AU K M ANT GORDIANOS , (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Antwnios Gordianos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien).
Reverse
Reverse description : Agalma du Mont Argée placé sur un autel.
Reverse legend : MHTRO - KAIS// B-N/ ENTIC/ ETD.
Reverse translation : (Ville de Césarée deux fois décorée, an 4).
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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