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ID number: BIRBI-R1575 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: 239 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2634. 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: Providentia, draped, standing frontally, head facing l., holding globe in extended r. and transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus). Reverse: P M TH P II COS P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 18
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