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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1614
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):  2.35
Weight (g):  3.84
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2658. 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 GOPDIHNVS PIVS FFL ΛVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MARΓHM PRO-PVGNHTOHEM (Mars the Defender).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 147

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Gordian III
Roman
225
244
Dorchester Hoard



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