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ID number: BIRBI-R1602 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gordian III; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 241-243 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 5.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2140. Seaby, 1942. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Gordian III, in military attire, standing facing r., holding transverse spear in r. and globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IΛΛP θOPDIANVS PIVS GGL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: F ∆ɺ TR P V Cᴒͻ' Ɩλ P D (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fifth Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 93
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