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Auction 18  17 Nov 2019
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Lot 74

Starting price: 5000 CHF
Price realized: 6000 CHF
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Gordien III (238-244)
Aureus - Rome (241-243).
Magnifique exemplaire de très bon style.
Exemplaire de la vente CNG e-335 du 24 septembre 2014, N°541 et de la collection Patrick Tan, vente Goldberg 98 du 6 juin 2017, N°2261 et de la vente Roma Numismatics XV du 5 avril 2018, N°173.
4.82g - Cal. 3120
FDC - MS

This coin was issued in AD 241 to celebrate the marriage of Gordian III – emperor since AD 238 – with Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (c. AD 225 – after AD 244), the daughter of a powerful Praefectus Praetorio (the highest office in the Imperial hierarchy, with both civilian and military functions) of Oriental-Greek origins named Timesitheus (whose successor as Praetorian Prefect was the future emperor Philip 'the Arab').

Estimate: 6000 CHF
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