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Roman Empire, Gordian III.
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Antoninianus, 238-239 AD, Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: AEQVIT LIBER / Body and feet of Aequitas holding scales; Body and feet of Libertas holding pileus (Liberty cap) .
5.00 gm, 22 mm.
RIC #177 over #187.
This is the exact coin that is described (but not pictured) in the footnote to RIC 231 (vol. IV, part III, p. 39):
"231. A strange Antoninianus (G. B. Pears Coll.) shows rev. type of AEQVIT[AS] apparently overstruck with type of LIBER[TAS] -- obv. of Gordian III, rev. of Philip overstruck with rev. of Trebonianus Gallus (?)."
There is a plaster cast of this coin in the British Museum. This cast is illustrated in Roger Bland's "unpublished" thesis on the coinage of Gordian III from Antioch: plate 10 18/21.
For more info, see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=105681.0
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![Roman Empire, Gordian III.
Antoninianus, 238-239 AD, Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: AEQVIT LIBER / Body and feet of Aequitas holding scales; Body and feet of Libertas holding pileus (Liberty cap) .
5.00 gm, 22 mm.
RIC #177 over #187.
This is the exact coin that is described (but not pictured) in the footnote to RIC 231 (vol. IV, part III, p. 39):
"231. A strange Antoninianus (G. B. Pears Coll.) shows rev. type of AEQVIT[AS] apparently overstruck with type of LIBER[TAS] -- obv. of Gordian III, rev. of Philip overstruck with rev. of Trebonianus Gallus (?)."
There is a plaster cast of this coin in the British Museum. This cast is illustrated in Roger Bland's "unpublished" thesis on the coinage of Gordian III from Antioch: plate 10 18/21.
For more info, see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=105681.0
Keywords: Gordian III, Antioch, Antoninianus, Aequitas, Liberalitas, Libertas](albums/userpics/20669/Gordian-III-RIC-177-87~0.jpg "Roman Empire, Gordian III.
Antoninianus, 238-239 AD, Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: AEQVIT LIBER / Body and feet of Aequitas holding scales; Body and feet of Libertas holding pileus (Liberty cap) .
5.00 gm, 22 mm.
RIC #177 over #187.
This is the exact coin that is described (but not pictured) in the footnote to RIC 231 (vol. IV, part III, p. 39):
\"231. A strange Antoninianus (G. B. Pears Coll.) shows rev. type of AEQVIT[AS] apparently overstruck with type of LIBER[TAS] -- obv. of Gordian III, rev. of Philip overstruck with rev. of Trebonianus Gallus (?).\"
There is a plaster cast of this coin in the British Museum. This cast is illustrated in Roger Bland's \"unpublished\" thesis on the coinage of Gordian III from Antioch: plate 10 18/21.
For more info, see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=105681.0
Keywords: Gordian III, Antioch, Antoninianus, Aequitas, Liberalitas, Libertas")
