RIC IV Gordian III 8
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Gordian III 8. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Gordian III. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Gordian III
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Jupiter, nude except for cloak on shoulders, standing front, head left, holding vertical sceptre in left hand and thunderbolt in right hand over Gordian III, togate, standing left and raising right hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- IOVI CONSERVATORI
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.gor_iii.8
Research required
- Editorial verification required.
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