RPC VII.2, 1492

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1492
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, raising right hand, in left hand holding globe
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ὀδησσείτων
Translation of the Odessians
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.04 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2315; Calomino, Die-sharing O5
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6–17: same pair of dies. 1–17: same obv. die as 1430/1–4 (Marcianopolis), 1432/1–3 (Marcianopolis), 1434/1–14 (Marcianopolis), 1493/1–8, 1494/1–10, 1495/1–13, 1496/1–5, 7–29, 1497/1–19, 1673/1–2 (Tomis), 1675/1–2 (Tomis), 1676/1–17, 20–3 (Tomis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 939 AMNG 2315/4
2 2     B: 18276057, Löbb. AMNG 2315/3
3 3     Cop SNG 678 = AMNG 2315/1
4 4     Razgrad: 416 CNO IV, no. XXIV.10.1-1(15)
5 5     Sofia: 6565 CNO IV, no. XXIV.10.1-1(16)
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll. = Pecunem Gitbud Numismatik 2, 9 Apr. 2017, lot 96
8 8     cgb.fr MBS 21, 18 June 2004, lot 3021
9 9     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 203
10 10     CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 434
11 11     Freeman & Sear 9, 16 July 2003, lot 217
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1472
13 13     Hirsch 309, 7 May 2015, lot 630
14 14     ✸ Nomos 10, 18 May 2015, lot 123
15 15     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 20, 3 Aug. 2014, lot 400
16 16     Ritter FPL 44, Apr. 1997, lot 650
17 17     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) Jan. 2015 NYINC, 9 Jan. 2015, lot 261 = Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3026, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 23297 = Gemini VIII (with Heritage), 14 Apr. 2011, lot 406