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ID number: BIRBI-R1623 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Gordian III; Antioch Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 242-244 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 5.77 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2665. From the Dorchester Hoard, presented by Mr C. W. Peck, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Gordian III, in military attire, standing facing r., holding transverse spear in r. and globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΓMP CORDIANVS PIVS FFL AVC (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SAEGVLI E-ELICITAS (Good Fortune of the Age).
Bibliography: RIC IV 216
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