GORDIAN III VERY RARE Æ COLOSSEUM MEDALLION MUSEUM REPRODUCTION ROMAN EMPIRE 238-244 A.D. COPPER COIN AGED WITH OXIDIZED GREEN PATINA
Æ Roman Empire Medallion (40.8mm, 39.87g.) Gordian III, Rome mint, struck 238-244 A.D. References: PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (780) BMCRM / Roman Medallions in the British Museum (13, p.48) Gnecchi 1912 Vol. II / I Medaglioni Romani: Volume Secondo: Bronzo (22, p.89). The type refers either to the emperor's generosity in presenting games, or, possibly, in restoring the Colosseum.
This issue was hand-struck (hammered) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (ancient Roman province Philippopolis). It goes without saying you always get the exact item in the picture.
Design:
Obverse side
Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped and armed with spear and shield, the latter decorated with a relief showing the Emperor galloping left on horseback, preceded by Victory bearing a wreath and followed by a soldier
Legend:
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG
Reverse side
View of the Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) from above; within are three continuous rows of spectators with the praefect of the games seated in their midst, watching a fight between a bull and an elephant with rider. Figures can be seen in the upper two storeys of archways; on the left, the Meta Sudans with a laureate male figure standing facing behind it, holding a rudder; on the right, is a porch surmounted by pediment, within which is a standing figure
Legend:
MVNIFICENTIA GORDIANI AVG
A perfect choice for Numismatists, Historians, Military Veterans, Collectors.
GORDIAN III VERY RARE Æ COLOSSEUM MEDALLION MUSEUM REPRODUCTION ROMAN EMPIRE 238-244 A.D. COPPER COIN AGED WITH OXIDIZED GREEN PATINA
Æ Roman Empire Medallion (40.8mm, 39.87g.) Gordian III, Rome mint, struck 238-244 A.D. References: PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (780) BMCRM / Roman Medallions in the British Museum (13, p.48) Gnecchi 1912 Vol. II / I Medaglioni Romani: Volume Secondo: Bronzo (22, p.89). The type refers either to the emperor's generosity in presenting games, or, possibly, in restoring the Colosseum.
This issue was hand-struck (hammered) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (ancient Roman province Philippopolis). It goes without saying you always get the exact item in the picture.
Design:
Obverse side
Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped and armed with spear and shield, the latter decorated with a relief showing the Emperor galloping left on horseback, preceded by Victory bearing a wreath and followed by a soldier
Legend:
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG
Reverse side
View of the Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) from above; within are three continuous rows of spectators with the praefect of the games seated in their midst, watching a fight between a bull and an elephant with rider. Figures can be seen in the upper two storeys of archways; on the left, the Meta Sudans with a laureate male figure standing facing behind it, holding a rudder; on the right, is a porch surmounted by pediment, within which is a standing figure
Legend:
MVNIFICENTIA GORDIANI AVG
A perfect choice for Numismatists, Historians, Military Veterans, Collectors.
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