Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III

Art Institute of Chicago

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III

Roman, minted in Rome

Date
239 (late July-December), issued by Gordian III
Medium
Gold
Culture
Rome
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the profile head of Emperor Gordian III facing right, laureate, wearing a cuirass (body armor) and paludamentum (military cloak). On the back (reverse), Victory walks left, a wreath in her right hand, and a palm branch over left shoulder.

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