Antoninianus - Gordian III PROVIDENTIA AVG; Providentia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus) (238-244)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	238-239
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.1 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 280933
References	RIC IV.3# 195 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1949. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.3. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus (AD 238–253). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.gor_iii.195 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG

Translation:
IMperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Antonius Gordianus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, pointing at globe set on ground and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PROVIDENTIA AVG

Translation:
Providentia Augusti.
Providence of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Example of this type:
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (238-239)

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