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RIC IV Gordian III 256B

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RIC IV Gordian III 256B, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 238–239 AD. Obverse: bust of gordian iii, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: pax, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 9.3 g.
obverse RIC IV Gordian III 256B
obverse: Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Gordian III 256B
reverse: Pax, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand
mint Rome weight 9.27g (2)
ruler Gordian III diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination As axis 12↕ (2)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
reverse

Pax, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand

PAX AVGVSTI S C
specimens (4)
British Museum 8.79g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 9.74g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Gordian III 256B (ric.4.gor_iii.256B), 238–239 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-gordian-iii-256b/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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