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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1631 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 244 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 22.22 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3485. Prof. Luigi de Nicola, 65, Via dei Babuino, Rome, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing facing l. with legs cross, leaning l. arm on column, and holding sceptre in r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IΛΛP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL ΛVG (Imperator Gordian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHCVRITAS PHRPFTVA S C (Dedicated to Perpetual Security; S C - Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC IV 336
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Gordian III Roman 225 244 | |
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