Medium

Orichalcum

Dimensions

9.13 g, 7:00, 26.5 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund

Accession Number

2004.6.483

Culture
Period

3rd century

Classification
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: AVT K M ANT GORDIANOS AVG [Gk.]. Bust of Gordian III laureate draped cuirassed r. seen from behind.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: MARKIANOPOLITO around, N in exergue [Gk.]. Roma seated l. on cuirass and shield holding parazonium in r. and spear downward in upraised l.
Provenance

Provenance

Grunow, Berlin, December 1991, cat. 22, lot 83; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1991–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Additional information

Object/Work type

assarion, coins

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