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ID number:  BIRBI-R1583
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.
Maker:  Gordian III; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  240
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  5.17
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 497. Presented by Earle Fox, 1921.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Liberalitas, draped, standing frontally, head facing l., holding abacus in r. and cornucopiae in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Gordian Pius Augustus). Reverse: LIBERALITAS AVG II (Generosity of the Emperor for the Second Time).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 53

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Gordian III
Roman
225
244
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Earle Fox, H. B.
British
1863
21 March 1920
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