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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1605 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: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 241-243 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 650. From a find near Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922, acquired through the British Museum, 1923. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Apollo, nude to waist, seated facing l., holding branch in extended r. and resting l. elbow on lyre. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIΛNVS PIVS FEL ΛVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P III COS II P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Third Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland). Bibliography: RIC IV 114
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4 Related People | |
| Plevna Hoard | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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