RPC VII.2, 1522

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1522
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
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
Edition Ὀδησσείτων εʹ Ὀδησσείτων εʹ
Translation of the Odessians, 5
Reverse design Gordian III standing left, holding Nike on globe and spear, right foot on prow of ship, parazonium at waist
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.91 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 2362-3
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Münster: M 516
2 2     Inasta 55, 9 July 2014, lot 1298 = Inasta 51, 16 Sept. 2013, lot 858
3 3     Lanz 80, 26 May 1997, lot 551 = Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 808