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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III
Ancient Roman · 239 (late July-December), issued by Gordian III
Provenance
Ownership history
- Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.
- Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 64 Antoninianus Portraying Balbinus: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), para 3.
- Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 65 Antoninianus Portraying Pupienus: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), para 2.
- Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 66 Aureus Portraying Gordian III: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
- https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/553
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