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Lot 116. Gordianus I Africanus AE Sestertius, Victory reverse
Gordianus I Africanus
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, June 17th, 19:38:40 CEST)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 08:32:49 CET
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CHF 500.00 (5 bids)
Approx. EUR 537.10 / USD 559.55 / GBP 446.55
Bid history
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CHF 500.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2018-06-11, 22:32:07
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CHF 480.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2018-06-11, 20:09:35
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CHF 470.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2018-06-11, 01:57:07
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CHF 460.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2018-06-11, 20:09:29
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CHF 420.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2018-06-11, 20:09:17
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Bidder 2
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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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