RPC VII.2, 1568

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1568
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) 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 temple with four columns enclosing Theos Megas standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia; on pediment, figure in facing quadriga
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.42 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 194, 20 Aug. 2008, lot 90 = Elsen 67, 15 Sept. 2001, lot 700 = Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 850
2 2     CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 259
3 3     Lanz 80, 26 May 1997, lot 550
4 4     Naumann 66, 3 June 2018, lot 250
5 5     ✸ Private coll.
6 6     Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 353