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Coin of Cremna with bust of Gordian III
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Pisidia, Cremna
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 5.04 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.887
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right.
IMCAM.ANT OGRDIANO (sic)
Reverse: Harpocrates standing front, head left, right hand raised to lips, left holds cornucopia. Uncertain object at feet.
COL.CR EMNA
IMCAM.ANT OGRDIANO (sic)
Reverse: Harpocrates standing front, head left, right hand raised to lips, left holds cornucopia. Uncertain object at feet.
COL.CR EMNA
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 111); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963