RPC VII.2, 1500

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1500
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, left, with cornucopia behind him
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε, ΔΑΡΖΑΛΕΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Ὀδησσειτῶν εʹ Δαρζαλεία
Translation of the Odessians, 5, Darzaleia (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms and inscribed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.67 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2371
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 1250 AMNG 2371/2
2 2     B: 18276189, Fox AMNG 2371/1
3 3     Yale: 2004.6.500
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville 14, 12 Apr. 2015, lot 182
7 7     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 312
8 8     CNG EA 405, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 281
9 9     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1911
10 10     ✸ Naumann 44, 7 June 2016, lot 531
11 11     Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 231