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ID number: BIRBI-R1628 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): 2.95 Weight (g): 18.58 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1793. Lucerne Sale, 1933. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Laetitia, draped, standing facing l., holding wreath in extended r. and anchor set on ground in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: LAETITIA AVG N S C (Joy of Our Emperor; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 300
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