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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1625 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Gordian III; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 240 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 16.69 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 21. Presented by Earle Fox, from a hoard found in Crete |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Liberalitas, draped, standing frontally, head facing l., holding abacus in r. and cornucopiae in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD CAVS M ANT GOΠΠIANVS AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus). Reverse: LIBERALITAS AVG.II S C (Generosity of the Emperor for the Second Time; S C - Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC IV 269
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| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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