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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1575
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:  239
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.37
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2634. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing frontally, head facing l., holding globe in extended r. and transverse sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus). Reverse: P M TH P II COS P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 18

4 Related People

Gordian III
Roman
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Dorchester Hoard



Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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