RPC VII.2, 1494

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1494
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 Gordian III, radiate, riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.90 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG —; Calomino, Die-sharing O3
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 1430/1–4 (Marcianopolis), 1432/1–3 (Marcianopolis), 1434/1–14 (Marcianopolis), 1492/1–17, 1493/1–8, 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).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,1014.10 J. Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 607 (Rhousopoulos)
2 2     Dobrich: I 4270 CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-1(8)
3 3     Varna: I 5992 CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-1(12)
4 4     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 240
5 5     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 921
6 6     CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-1(6)
7 7     Inasta 41, 13 Sept. 2011, lot 1147
8 8     N. Mitkov coll. = CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-1(3)
9 9     Peus 410, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 653 = Giessener 58, 9 Apr. 1992, lot 860
10 10     Roma Numismatics EA 16, 28 Feb. 2015, lot 335