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Coin Detail
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ID:
188812
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Gordian I
Date Ruled:
A.D. 238
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Denarius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 238
Diameter:
20 mm
Weight:
2.81 g
Obverse Legend:
IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG
Obverse Description:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Reverse Legend:
SECVRITAS AVG
Reverse Description:
Securitas seated left, holding sceptre in right hand
Primary Reference:
RIC 005
Reference2:
RSC 010
Reference3:
BMCRE 011
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=42592
Grade:
Toned EF
Notes:
Rare Gordian Africanus was perhaps the wealthiest man in all the Empire at this time. His vast estates constituted a small empire in their own right, and his home in Rome was once owned by Pompey the Great. Later in life he achieved high offices, including consulship in Rome and the governorship of lower Britain. In 237, as he entering his 80th year, he became governor of North Africa. Noblemen desparate under the heavy taxation of Maximinus, implored Gordian to raise an army and accept the purple. Gordian, along with his elder son were made co-emperors and set off for Rome. Gordian the younger died at Carthage at the hands of Capellianus, governor of Numidia and Gordian I Africanus hanged himself. This brought to a close the short three week reigns of Gordian's I and II Africanus. Rare. Well struck from good metal.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
