Hess-Divo
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ROMAN COINS. COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
GORDIANUS II AFRICANUS, AD 238. Sestertius. AE 21.99 g. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. ROMAE AETERNAE / SC Roma seated l. on throne with high back-rest, wearing crested helmet and long dress, holding spear with her l. hand, Victoriola with wreath and palm branch on her outstretched r. hand; at side, large round shield decorated with Medusa head. BMC 247, 23; C. 9; RIC 164, 5.
Very rare. Dark green patina, insignificantly smoothed. Extremely fine
Provenance:
A. Trampitsch collection.
Auction J. Vinchon, Paris 13-14 November 1986 (Monte Carlo), 799.
Auction Nomos AG, Zurich I (2009), 160.
GORDIANUS II AFRICANUS, AD 238. Sestertius. AE 21.99 g. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. ROMAE AETERNAE / SC Roma seated l. on throne with high back-rest, wearing crested helmet and long dress, holding spear with her l. hand, Victoriola with wreath and palm branch on her outstretched r. hand; at side, large round shield decorated with Medusa head. BMC 247, 23; C. 9; RIC 164, 5.
Very rare. Dark green patina, insignificantly smoothed. Extremely fine
Provenance:
A. Trampitsch collection.
Auction J. Vinchon, Paris 13-14 November 1986 (Monte Carlo), 799.
Auction Nomos AG, Zurich I (2009), 160.