Coin from Ilium | Yale University Art Gallery

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Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 3.09 g, 5:00, 18.9 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of John L. Caskey
Accession Number: 2001.87.53738
Geography: Made in Ilium, Roman Empire
Culture: Roman
Period: 3rd century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: head of Gordian III r.

Reverse Description: she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus

Provenance

John L. Caskey, to 1981; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1981–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money

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