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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4677401, member: 99554"]<img src="http://mihalkam.ancients.info/images/misc/ma1063.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>July 29th</b> 238 </p><p>Balbinus and Pupienus are murdered by the Praetorians, and Gordian III is declared <i>Augustus. </i>At the age of 13, he became the youngest sole legal Roman Emperor throughout the existence of the united Roman Empire. Sadly, he was not chose for his intelligence or his commanding habilities ; the greek historian Herodian wrote about his accession to the throne : " <i>the praetorians took up Gordian Caesar and proclaimed him emperor, since at the moment they could find no other candidate for the office. (History of the Roman Empire 8.8.7) </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.livius.org/site/assets/files/6199/niederbieber_gordian_iii_bonn_rhlm5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>He ruled for about six years and at the age of 16 he was married to Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, daughter of the newly appointed praetorian prefect, Timesitheus. His new father in law took quickly the control of the Empire. He spent the last three years of his reign defending successfully the borders of the empire, and history tell us that he even open the doors of the Janus' temple ( for the last time in Roman annals). What kind of person was he ? Historia Augusta has an interesting description of his personality: <i>He was a light-hearted lad, handsome, winning, agreeable to everyone, merry in his life, eminent in letters; in nothing, indeed, save in his age was he unqualified for empire. Before Philip's conspiracy he was loved by the people, the senate, and the soldiers as no prince had ever been before. Cordus says that all the soldiers spoke of him as their son, that he was called son by the entire senate, and that all the people said Gordian was their darling.</i> (31,4) For collectors like us, this Emperor is probably the easiest to get and we can acquire high grade specimens at very reasonable prices. With over 90 different reverse type, I'm curious to see how many we can display in this thread. <b>So please show us your nicest Gordians !</b></p><p><br /></p><p>IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG</p><p>AETERNITATI AVG</p><p>Sol raising hand in salute & holding globe</p><p>RIC 83</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And why not a Tetradrachm from Antioch</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151950[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4677401, member: 99554"][IMG]http://mihalkam.ancients.info/images/misc/ma1063.jpg[/IMG] [B]July 29th[/B] 238 Balbinus and Pupienus are murdered by the Praetorians, and Gordian III is declared [I]Augustus. [/I]At the age of 13, he became the youngest sole legal Roman Emperor throughout the existence of the united Roman Empire. Sadly, he was not chose for his intelligence or his commanding habilities ; the greek historian Herodian wrote about his accession to the throne : " [I]the praetorians took up Gordian Caesar and proclaimed him emperor, since at the moment they could find no other candidate for the office. (History of the Roman Empire 8.8.7) [IMG]https://www.livius.org/site/assets/files/6199/niederbieber_gordian_iii_bonn_rhlm5.jpg[/IMG] [/I] He ruled for about six years and at the age of 16 he was married to Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, daughter of the newly appointed praetorian prefect, Timesitheus. His new father in law took quickly the control of the Empire. He spent the last three years of his reign defending successfully the borders of the empire, and history tell us that he even open the doors of the Janus' temple ( for the last time in Roman annals). What kind of person was he ? Historia Augusta has an interesting description of his personality: [I]He was a light-hearted lad, handsome, winning, agreeable to everyone, merry in his life, eminent in letters; in nothing, indeed, save in his age was he unqualified for empire. Before Philip's conspiracy he was loved by the people, the senate, and the soldiers as no prince had ever been before. Cordus says that all the soldiers spoke of him as their son, that he was called son by the entire senate, and that all the people said Gordian was their darling.[/I] (31,4) For collectors like us, this Emperor is probably the easiest to get and we can acquire high grade specimens at very reasonable prices. With over 90 different reverse type, I'm curious to see how many we can display in this thread. [B]So please show us your nicest Gordians ![/B] [B][/B] IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG AETERNITATI AVG Sol raising hand in salute & holding globe RIC 83 [ATTACH=full]1151951[/ATTACH] And why not a Tetradrachm from Antioch [ATTACH=full]1151950[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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