RPC VII.2, 1566

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1566
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition 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
Translation of the Odessians, 5
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms, between two purses, on table; below, vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2369
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276181, Fox AMNG 2369/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 379, 27 July 2016, lot 287
5 5     Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 63, 12 Dec. 2002, lot 365
6 6     Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 594
7 7     Schenk-Behrens 71, 13 June 1996, lot 671 = Schenk-Behrens FPL 4, Sept. 1996, lot 315