RPC VII.2, 1570

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1570
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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
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 27 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG 2360
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.152 Price & Trell p. 16, fig. 5
2 2     V: GR 8202 AMNG 2360/2, pl. XX, 18, rev.
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 194, 20 Aug. 2008, lot 89
6 6     Lanz 141, 26 May 2008, lot 663
7 7     Naumann 69, 2 Sept. 2018, lot 206
8 8     Solidus Winter 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 225