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- Museum number:
- 8-4979
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004979
- Accession number:
- Acc.184
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Coin; AE; Roman. 23.404 grams, 34.3 mm. Gordian III, 238-244 AD. Antioch, Syria. Obverse: IMPCAESMANTGORDIANVSAVG, bust of Gordian III r. laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass. Reverse: ANTIOCHIA, sacrificial implements (culter, sprinkler, ewer, lituus, simplum); in exergue, SR.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson
- Collection place:
- Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
- Production place:
- Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
- Culture or time period:
- Gordian Dynasty (238–244 AD)
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Gordian III (Emperor of Rome)
- Inscription:
- Reverse exergue: SR, Reverse legend: ANTIOCHIA, and Obverse legend: IMPCAESMANTGORDIANVSAVG
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 238-244 AD
- Accession date:
- 1905
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 34.3 millimeters and weight 23.404 grams
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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