RPC VII.2, 1497

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1497
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 Theos Megas standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.02 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 2314; Calomino, Die-sharing O4
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–19: same pair of dies. 1–19: 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, 1495/1–13, 1496/1–5, 7–29, 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     ✸ B: 18276039, Löbb. AMNG 2314/1
2 2     V: GR 8199 AMNG 2314/2
3 3     Shumen: 1580 CNO IV, no. XXIV.4.1-1.(4)
4 4     Varna: I 5846 CNO IV, no. XXIV.4.1-1(13)
5 5     Varna: I 98 CNO IV, no. XXIV.4.1-1(17)
6 6     Varna: I 98 CNO IV, no. XXIV.4.1-1(18)
7 7     Baldwin’s The New York Sale XIV, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 152 = Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1303
8 8     Brandt FPL 3, 2003, lot 462
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Freeman & Sear 9, 16 July 2003, lot 218 = CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1212 = CNG 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 917 = CNG 55, 13 Sept. 2000, lot 940
11 11     Frühwald 102, 4 July 2013, lot 763
12 12     Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 150
13 13     Hirsch 186, 10 May 1995, lot 1323
14 14     Künker 94, 27 Sept. 2004, lot 2008 = Elsen 84, 18 June 2005, lot 521
15 15     Lanz 64, 7 June 1993, lot 727
16 16     Peus 328, 2 May 1990, lot 661
17 17     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 363 = Hirsch 195, 5 May 1997, lot 866 = Hirsch 189, 7 Feb. 1996, lot 760
18 18     Private coll. = CNO IV, no. XXIV.4.1-1(11)
19 19     Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 406