Binio Issued by Gordian III
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.