RPC VII.2, 1511

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1511
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 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 12.74 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2341
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΟΔΗⳞⳞΕΙΤΩΝ also occurs.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 295 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 53
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1216
6 6     CNG EA 373, 20 Apr. 2016, lot 265
7 7     Elsen FPL 55, May 1983, lot 32
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2004
9 9     Hess 253, 8 Mar. 1983, lot 337
10 10     Müller 69, 21 Feb. 1992, lot 107