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                 |  | Lot 116. Gordianus I Africanus AE Sestertius, Victory reverseGordianus I Africanus 
    eAuction #60, Lot 116. Estimate: CHF 500.00
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              (Sunday, June 17th, 19:38:40 CEST) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 11:14:44 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 500.00 (5 bids) Approx. EUR 538.55 / USD 623.14 / GBP 474.21
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 500.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2018-06-11, 22:32:07 |  
                                            | CHF 480.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2018-06-11, 20:09:35 |  
                                            | CHF 470.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2018-06-11, 01:57:07 |  
                                            | CHF 460.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2018-06-11, 20:09:29 |  
                                            | CHF 420.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2018-06-11, 20:09:17 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 2 |  |  
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 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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