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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1629 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): 3.20 Weight (g): 24.53 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 242. In Paris, 1919. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Apollo, nude to waist, seated facing l., holding branch in extended r. and resting l. elbow on lyre. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GORDIΛNVS PIVS FEL AVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P IIII COS II P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fourth Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC IV 302
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3 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
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