RIC IV Gordian III 297B

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RIC IV Gordian III 297B

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RIC IV Gordian III 297B, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 241–244 AD. Obverse: bust of gordian iii, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: sol, nude except for cloak around shoulders, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. Weight about 9.5 g, diameter 24.8 mm.

obverse RIC IV Gordian III 297B — obverse: Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

reverse RIC IV Gordian III 297B — reverse: Sol, nude except for cloak around shoulders, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand

mint	Rome	weight	9.45g (10)
ruler	Gordian III	diameter	⌀24.8 (7)
denomination	As	axis	10↕ (8)
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 GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG

reverse

Sol, nude except for cloak around shoulders, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand

AETERNITATI AVG S C

specimens (13)

KENOM 10.57g 12↕

KENOM 10.82g ⌀25.0 12↕

British Museum 10.36g 12↕

British Museum (RIC IV)

British Museum 10.93g 6↕

British Museum (RIC IV)

Portable Antiquities Scheme ⌀22.0

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 7.83g ⌀27.5

Getty Museum

Portable Antiquities Scheme 7.09g ⌀24.0 1↕

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 9.36g ⌀26.0

British Museum 8.79g 12↕

British Museum (RIC IV)

Cite this coin

RIC IV Gordian III 297B (ric.4.gor_iii.297B), 241–244 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-gordian-iii-297b/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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