Title
Coin: as of Gordian III
Date
241-243 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Third Century
Discovery Site: Rome
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: bronze; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 22 to 24 mm in diameter, 11.264 grams
Description
Obverse legend: IMP(erator) GORDIANVS PIVS FEL(ix) AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Gordianus dutiful and fortunate Augustus; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Reverse legend: IOVIS STATOR ex S(enatus)-C(onsulto), translation: Jupiter Stator, by decree of the senate; Jupiter standing (facing front), head facing right, holding a long sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in his left, on right. S in left field and C in right field. RIC IV.III, p. 48, no. 299.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 995.27.1
Record: UO-MCA-995-27-1
Source
Cataloguer: Graciela E. Pennefather Moreno, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Niġel Klemenčič-Puglisevich, Carleton University
Image Date: 2021
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee