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Coin ID #13146

Halikarnassos (AD 238-244) AE 20 - Gordian III

Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE20 (3.30g, 8h). AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate and draped bust of Gordian right / AΛIKAPNACCЄΩN HPOΔOTOC, bearded and draped bust of Herodotos right. Extremely Rare. VF.

This coin celebrates the greatest citizen of Halikarnassos, Herodotos, who lived there in the mid-late 5th century BC. He was a great historian and for that time a 'journalist' who would travel around the Mediterranean to 'investigate' and interview people who actually had witnessed the events he wrote about.

File information
Filename:1952046l.jpg
City/Mint name:Halikarnassos
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Caria - (but see no. 84, pl. XIX, 3 - Hadrian with similar reverse); Cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1731
Valuation:Roma Elec. Auc. 21 (10/2015), lot 544 (GBP 2,200 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Roma Numismatics Ltd – www.romanumismatics.com
Filesize:142 KiB
Date added:Jun 26, 2016
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