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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1618
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard
Maker:  Gordian III; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  243-244
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.14
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2660. From the Dorchester Hoard, presented by Mr C. W. Peck, 1949.
BIRBI-R1618.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing facing l. with legs crossed, leaning l. arm on column, and holding sceptre in r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMD GOPDIANVS DIVS CEL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SEGVRITHS PERPTVA (Dedicated to Perpetual Security).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 153

4 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Dorchester Hoard



Gordian III
Roman
225
244
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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