RPC VII.2, 1510

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1510
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
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
Edition Ὀδησσείτων εʹ
Translation of the Odessians, 5
Reverse design Athena standing right, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.57 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 2340
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop AMNG 2340/1 = SNG 682
2 2     NY: 1997.32.119
3 3     V: GR 8201 AMNG 2340/2
4 4     A. Rusev coll. = V. Bekov, ‘Roman provincial coins of Odessos from the collection of Aleksandar Rusev (1st century BC – 3rd century AD)’, Journal of Historical and Archaeological Research 1-2 (2016), pp. 175–95, no. 16
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CNG EA 86, 31 Mar. 2004, lot 59
9 9     Falkensee coll.
10 10     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4252
11 11     iNumis MBS 33, 7 June 2016, lot 130
12 12     Münzzentrum Rheinland 148, 12 Dec. 2008, lot 84