| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |
|
Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1606 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gordian III; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 241-243 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 2.95 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 320. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
|
|
Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, nude, standing facing r., resting r. on hip and resting l. on club set on rock; lion-skin beside club. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIHNVS PIVS UHL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI (To the Courage of the Emperor). Bibliography: RIC IV 116
|
|
3 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Viewing Record 1 of 1 |