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Coin of Anchialus with bust of Gordian III
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Thrace, Anchialus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 38 mm. Weight: 37.88 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number2008.1056
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles kneels to the left on the back of the Kerynitisian Hind, holding the golden horns in his two hands.
Inscription in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Herakles kneels to the left on the back of the Kerynitisian Hind, holding the golden horns in his two hands.
Inscription in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceNovember 20-21, 1981, anonymous sale (Auction 11), Frank Sternberg AG, Zürich, lot 227, sold to Cornelius C. Vermeule, III (b. 1925 – d. 2008), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 2008, gift of Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 22, 2008)
NOTES: [1] Lent by Cornelius Vermeule to the MFA from 2004 until 2008 (loan no. L-G 115.1.2004).
NOTES: [1] Lent by Cornelius Vermeule to the MFA from 2004 until 2008 (loan no. L-G 115.1.2004).