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Contributor:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. |
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Issuer: |
GORDIAN III, 238-244 AD. AU Aureus (5.22 gm). Struck 240 AD. |
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Obverse: |
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, his laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. |
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Reverse: |
P M TR P II COS P P, Gordian, togate and veiled, standing left,
sacrificing from patera in right hand over altar, holding a wand in his left hand. |
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Reference: |
RIC 73; Cohen 214. FDC. |
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Comments: |
For more information, read the "Gordian III" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on the Gordians see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |