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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Gordian III| > RS111591
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D.
|Gordian| |III|, |Gordian| |III,| |29| |July| |238| |-| |25| |February| |244| |A.D.|, Jupiter or Jove, Zeus to the Greeks, was the king of the gods and god of the sky and thunder, and of laws and social order. As the patron deity of ancient Rome, he was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with his sister and wife Juno. The father of Mars, he is, therefore, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Emperors frequently made vows to Jupiter for protection. The Roman's believed as the king of the gods, Jupiter favored emperors and kings, those in positions of authority similar to his own.
RS111591. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 84, RSC IV 109, Hunter III 51, SRCV III 8615, VF, luster, broad flan, flow lines, light tone, rev. struck with a worn die, flan flaw on the obverse, Rome mint, weight 4.749g, maximum diameter 23.0mm, die axis 0o, 1 Jan 241 - Jul 243 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse IOVI STATORI (to Jove who upholds), Jupiter standing facing, head right, long scepter vertical in right hand, thunderbolt in left hand; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 124 (8 Jan 2023), lot 986 (part of); SOLD











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