Binio Issued by Gordian III

Composite photograph of the gold coin, showing both obverse and reverse.

Binio (Double Aureus) Issued by Gordian III

Description:
Obverse: Bust of Gordian III. Reverse: Seated Apollo Holding a Laurel Branch and Resting on a Lyre.
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
Diam. 2.2 cm
Context:
Minted in Rome
Date:
241–44 CE
Inventory Number:
FG mult 5 (B946)
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The obverse legend, in Latin, reads:

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG

Translation: Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus

The reverse legend, in Latin, reads:

P M TR P VI COS II P P

Translation: Pontifex Maximus, (holding the) Tribunician Power 6 (times), consul 2 (times), Father of the Fatherland.

This coin type, a binio (double aureus) issued by the Roman emperor Gordion III, is cataloged in Online Coins of the Roman Empire as RIC IV Gordian III 96.