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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 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 27 mm
Average weight 12.34 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG 2360
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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