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ID number: BIRBI-R1569 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: 238-239 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2549. From Dorchester Hoard, presented by Mr C. W. Peck, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing frontally, head facing l., holding branch in extended r. and transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GODDIANVS ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus). Reverse: PΛX AVGVSTI (Dedicated to the Peace of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 3
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