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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1612 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: 243-244 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.61 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2656. 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: Mars, helmeted and in military attire, hastening r., holding transverse spear in r. and shield in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MΓRS P-ROPVG (To Mars, the Defender). Bibliography: RIC IV 145
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4 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Dorchester Hoard | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
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