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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: 26.24 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. IMPCAESMANTGORDIANVSAVG
Reverse: Tyche, wearing kalathos, seated to left, holds rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left. Wheel beside throne.
ANTIOCHIACO LONIACAESARI
In exergue: SR
Reverse: Tyche, wearing kalathos, seated to left, holds rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left. Wheel beside throne.
ANTIOCHIACO LONIACAESARI
In exergue: SR
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963