1983.56.209: Coin of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum under Gordian III
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.56.209
- People
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Gordian III, Roman (r. 238 - 244 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum under Gordian III
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 238-244 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnos (Cilicia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Late
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/177086
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 13.86 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: MAP ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CE
- Reverse Inscription: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVKA
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Lev 775; SNG von Aul 5844
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.56.209
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Gordian III, r., laureate.
Rev.: Dionysos riding in a car drawn by two panthers to r., holding thyrsos abd kantharos; at r., a Silenos, kneeling.
Verification Level
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