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Coin of Gagae with bust of Gordian III
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Lycia, Gagae
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 22.39 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Within distyle temple, two veiled goddesses facing front. Each holds Nike in outside hand, in inner hand, uncertain object (Nike?).
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Within distyle temple, two veiled goddesses facing front. Each holds Nike in outside hand, in inner hand, uncertain object (Nike?).
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 33); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963