Coin of Alexandria under Gordian III?

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.3445.29
People: Gordian III, Roman (r. 238 - 244 CE)
Title: Coin of Alexandria under Gordian III?
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 238-244
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture: Roman Provincial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/179260

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 7.48 g
Die Axis: 12

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Cf. BMC p. 257, no. 1989 (rev.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.3445.29
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Male bust (of Gordian III?) r., wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: Female figure (Alexandria?) standing to front, head to l., holding a bust of Serapis? in outstretched r. hand and resting with l. on scepter.

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