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ID number: BIRBI-R1593 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: 241-243 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.52 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2646. 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: Jupiter, nude, standing frontally, head facing l., holding long sceptre in r. and thunderbolt in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CORDIANVS PIVS FΠL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI STATORI (To Jove, who upholds).
Bibliography: RIC IV 84
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