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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1589 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.17 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2643. 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: Gordian III, veiled and togate, standing frontally, head facing l., sacrificing out of patera in r. over altar and holding wand in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P M ΓR P III COS P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Third Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland). Bibliography: RIC IV 69
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Dorchester Hoard | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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