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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
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
| Plevna Hoard | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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