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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1597 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): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.23 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2648. 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: Apollo, nude to waist, seated facing l., holding branch in extended r. and resting l. elbow on lyre. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AV6 (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P M T-R P IIII COS II P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fourth Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland). Bibliography: RIC IV 88
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4 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Dorchester Hoard | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
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