RPC VII.2, 1524

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1524
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος 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 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 12.24 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2362-3
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276164, I-B AMNG 2362/1, pl. XIX, 19, rev.
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CNG EA 353, 17 June 2015, lot 265
5 5     Falkensee coll. = Naville Numismatics 14, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 184
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1647 = Rauch 81, 21 Nov. 2007, lot 548
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 149
8 8     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1060