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Coin of Accilaeum with bust of Gordian III

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Accilaeum

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 7.40 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.790
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nike standing to left, right foot on globe, holds wreath in right hand, palm in left.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 1); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963