RPC VII.2, 1515

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1515
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ(Α) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Sarapis, draped, left, with cornucopia behind him
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2335–6
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, lunate sigmas (ΟΔΗϹϹƐΙΤΩΝ) and retrograde value mark Ε.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: M 2572 AMNG 2335/1
2 2     B: 18276083, Löbb. AMNG 2336/1
3 3     O: Pullan
4 4     V: GR 33125
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4249
9 9     Hirsch 151, 24 Sept. 1986, lot 575
10 10     Rauch 73, 17 May 2004, lot 437
11 11     Schulten, 19 Mar. 1986, lot 554
12 12     VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 13, 1 Mar. 2021, lot 73 = VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 10, 16 Nov 2020, lot 200
13 13     Trade (eBay, 2009)