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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1626 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gordian III; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 241-244 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 21.43 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1792. Lucerne Sale, 1933. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, nude except for cloak around shoulders, standing frontally, head facing l., raising r. and holding globe in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IΛΛP GORDIANVS PΠIƆ FH AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: AETER-NITATI AVG S C (Dedicated to the Immortal Emperor; S C - Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC IV 297
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| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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