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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1572
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Plevna Hoard
Maker:  Gordian III; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  238-239
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.70
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 647. From a find near Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922. Acquired through the British Museum, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Virtus, helmeted and in military attire, standing frontally, head facing l., resting r. on oval shield set on ground and holding vertical spear in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDI^NvS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS Λv6 (Courage of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 6

4 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Gordian III
Roman
225
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Plevna Hoard



Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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