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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

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Dorchester Hoard



Gordian III
Roman
225
244
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