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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1627
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Gordian III; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 241-244
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  20.40
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 1440. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, nude, standing frontally, head facing l., holding long sceptre in r. and thunderbolt in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AV6 (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVIS STATOR S C (To Jove, who Upholds; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 299

3 Related People

Gordian III
Roman
225
244
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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