RPC VII.2, 1495

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1495
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 standing left, radiate, in military dress, holding Nike on globe and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.48 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2316; Calomino, Die-sharing O2
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 1430/1–4 (Marcianopolis), 1432/1–3 (Marcianopolis), 1434/1–14 (Marcianopolis), 1492/1–17, 1493/1–8, 1494/1–10, 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: 18276059 AMNG 2316/1
2 2     Plovdiv: 1490 CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-2(5)
3 3     Shumen: Haralanov coll. CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-2(4)
4 4     Varna: 4708 CNO IV, no. XXIV.11.1-2(13)
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Jacquier 48, 18 Sept. 2020, lot 555 = Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 396
6 6     Berk 216, 27 July 2021, lot 510
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 249 = CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 141 = Peus 301, 25 May 1981, lot 938 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 823
9 9     CNG EA 404, 23 Aug. 2017, lot 348 = CNG EA 155, 3 Jan. 2007, lot 239
10 10     Hirsch 338, 9 May 2018, lot 768 = Hirsch 263, 24 Sept. 2009, lot 2891
11 11     Künker 24, 10 Mar. 1993, lot 513
12 12     ✸ Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 800
13 13     Solidus 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 222