RPC VII.2, 1560

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1560
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ 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 Sarapis standing left, raising arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.44 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 2333
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276082, I-B AMNG 2333/1
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15390
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Emporium Hamburg 73, 23 Apr. 2015, lot 205
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4242