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Object Type
Museum number: 1937,0406.815
Denomination: radiate
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right. (obverse); Felicitas standing left, holding long vertical caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 243
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Dorchester (Dorset) (Dorchester hoard 1936)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 3.408 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RIC4 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 4: Pertinax - Uranius Antonius (141, p.30) (type); Robertson 2000 / An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards (470)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Gordian III; Named in inscription & portrayed: Felicitas
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1937
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1937,0406.815

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