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Coin of Cadi with bust of Gordian III, struck under Hermes Cleopatorus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Cadi
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37.5 mm. Weight: 23.92 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1984.425
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: River god Hermos reclines left, reed in right hand, cornucopia on left arm, left elbow on overturned vase from which water flows.
Inscription in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: River god Hermos reclines left, reed in right hand, cornucopia on left arm, left elbow on overturned vase from which water flows.
Inscription in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, Dec. 9, 1982, lot 370); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1104, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Sept. 12, 1984