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Lot 116. Gordianus I Africanus AE Sestertius, Victory reverse

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Gordianus I Africanus
Gordianus I Africanus AE Sestertius, Victory reverse

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Bidding closed (Sunday, June 17th, 19:38:40 CEST)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 12:26:29 CET

Price realised: CHF 500.00 (5 bids)
Approx. EUR 536.79 / USD 560.98 / GBP 446.23

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #60, Lot 116. Estimate: CHF 500.00

Gordianus I Africanus (238 AD). AE Sestertius (30-32 mm, 23.14 g), Roma, March 19 to April 9 (?).
Obv. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind.
Rev. VICTORIA AVGG / S - C, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.
RIC IV, 2, p. 161, 12.

Very rare. Cleaned. Good portrait and fully readable name. Fine/fair.

Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus, an 80-year-old senator, was proclaimed as emperor during a revolt in Africa but commited suicide after his son and co-ruler Gordianus II. was defeated by Maximinus' legate Capellianus. Their "rule" only lasted for twenty days, hence the rarity of their coins.



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