Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1981 343 | |
Title: | Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Sestertius of Gordian III, Rome Mint (AD 240) | |
Year: | 1981 | |
Coin Number: | 343 | |
Period: | Roman Imperial | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | sestertius | |
Mint: | Rome | |
Authority: | Gordian III | |
Obverse Legend: | IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG | |
Obverse Type: | Bust of emperor r., laureate, draped | |
Reverse Legend: | P M TR P II COS P P, S-C in field | |
Reverse Type: | Gordian standing l., togate, sacrificing with patera in r. over tripod, holding wand in l.; S-C in field to either side | |
Axis Clock: | 12 | |
Diameter: | 28 | |
Chronology: | AD 240 | |
Context: | NB741 B143 P30 | |
Findspot Description: | East of Theater; 92BF-92BG; destruction debris; Date of excavation: 6/12/1981, NB741 B143 P30, . | |
Area: | East of Theater | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Third Issue | |
Reference: | RIC IV iii, p. 47, #291, ("common"); Williams and Zervos 1982, no. 44, p. 152 (coin unit IX) | |
Published: | Hesperia 1982, p. 152, #44 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 51:2, 1982 Image: digital 2011 3956 Image: digital 2011 3957 Image: digital 2011 3958 |