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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3445.29
People
Gordian III, Roman (r. 238 - 244 CE)
Title
Coin of Alexandria under Gordian III?
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
238-244
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179260

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.48 g
Die Axis
12

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cf. BMC p. 257, no. 1989 (rev.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3445.29
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Male bust (of Gordian III?) r., wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: Female figure (Alexandria?) standing to front, head to l., holding a bust of Serapis? in outstretched r. hand and resting with l. on scepter.

Verification Level

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