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Coin of Antioch with bust of Gordian III
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Pisidia, Antioch
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36.5 mm. Weight: 24.95 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.875
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right.
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Reverse: Adventus of Emperor on horseback to left, preceded by one soldier and followed by two others.
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Reverse: Adventus of Emperor on horseback to left, preceded by one soldier and followed by two others.
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ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 98); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963