RPC VII.2, 1493

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1493
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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
Reverse design Theos Megas standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia, between, left, Heracles standing right, holding club resting on ground and lion skin, and, right, Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —; Calomino, Die-sharing O6
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1430/1–4 (Marcianopolis), 1432/1–3 (Marcianopolis), 1434/1–14 (Marcianopolis), 1492/1–17, 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     B: 18276040, 1914/607
2 2     Boston: 63.1398 CNO IV, no. XXIV.9.1-1(6)
3 3     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 165
4 4     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 920 = CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 849
5 5     CNO IV, no. XXIV.9.1-1(2) = Calomino, Die-sharing no. O6.7 = private coll.
6 6     ✸ Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1071 = Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 723
7 7     Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 360
8 8     Private coll. = CNO IV, no. XXIV.9.1-1(5)