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Lot 68. Gordianus II Africanus AE Sestertius
Gordian II Africanus Sestertius
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eAuction #13, Lot 68. Estimate: CHF 2'000.00
Gordianus II Africanus (April 238 AD). AE Sestertius (31 mm, 18.23 g), Roma (Rome).
Obv. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. ROMAE AETERNAE / S C, Roma seated left, holding Victory in right and sceptre in left hand.
RIC IV, 2, p. 164, 5.
Very rare. Struck on a full flan with light earthern highlights. Very fine.
Gordian II was the son and co-ruler of the 80-year old senator Gordian I, who was proclaimed as emperor during a revolt in Africa. The younger Gordian was said to be a womanizer without any military experience, and he was quickly defeated and killed in a battle against Capellianus, the governor of Mauretania who had remained loyal to Maximinus. The revolt of the Gordiani lasted for approx. 20 days only, but the fact that they had coins struck in Rome speaks for a wide-ranging conspiracy that included large parts of the Roman Aristocracy, which had always despised Maximinus for not being an aristocrat.
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