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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1584
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:  240
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  3.83
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 2640. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950.

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., holding branch in r. and spear in l.; shield resting against r. side.

Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES GORDIΛNVS PIVS ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Gordian Pius Augustus). Reverse: VIH-T-V-S ΛVG (Courage of the Emperor).

Bibliography: RIC IV 56

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

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