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Antoninianus - Gordian III LIBERTAS AVGG; Libertas

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus) (238-244)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 251-253
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
280994
References RIC IV.3# 242
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.242
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG

Translation:
Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Gordian, the pious emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in extended right hand (?) and rod in left hand (?).

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERTAS AVGG

Translation:
Libertas Augustorum.
Freedom of the emperors (Augusti).

Mint

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (251-253) 

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