RPC VII.2, 1565

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1565
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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 agonistic crown containing two palms and one (or two) purse(s), on table; below, vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.34 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 2368
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ also occurs.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276178, I-B AMNG 2368/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1910
5 5     Hirsch 332, 20 Sept. 2017, lot 2611 = Hirsch 314, 23 Sept. 2015, lot 2959
6 6     Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 849
7 7     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 291
8 8     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 299
9 9     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 275
10 10     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 2, 30 Aug. 2018, lot 471 = Lanz 106, 27 Nov. 2001, lot 629