Byzantion

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Events

Created

When	238-244 CE [About]
Where	Byzantium

Owned

Who	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (1838-1920)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Gordian III (225-244)

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

Bronze City Classical antiquity Coin Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Gegenstempel, Erasionen u.a Plant Portrait

Description

Front: Drapierte Panzerbüste des Gordianus III. mit Lorbeerkranz in der Rückenansicht nach r.
Rear: Weintraube an Zweig.
Pierced: Intentional hole(s) pierced through a coin so that it can be worn on a neclace, sewn onto textiles, etc. In case of paper money such a perforation often indicates devaluation.