RPC VII.2, 3408

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3408
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Abgar X (king)
Issue Royal coinage
Dating AD 239–42
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Reverse design Gordian III, laureate, seated right, on platform, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing Abgar X standing left, wearing tiara, holding Nike and sword
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 93
Specimens 46 (29 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: EH,p677.1.a.AbgGor BMC 136
2 2     ✸ L: EH,p677.1.b.AbgGor BMC 137
3 3     P: Chandon de Briailles 1340
4 4     P: 2099
5 5     P: 2100
6 6     P: 1966.453
7 7     P: Vogüé 176
8 8     P: 2101
9 9     P: AA.GR.19418
10 10     P: AA.GR.26257
11 11     B: 18274894, Löbb.
12 12     B: 18274896, Fox
13 13     B: 18274892, Löbb.
14 14     C: 236-1961
15 15     G SNG 2572
16 16     Mu
17 17     Mu
18 18     NY: 1948.19.2467
19 19     NY: 1944.100.39409
20 20     NY: 1944.100.33312
21 21     NY: 1948.19.2466
22 22     NY: 1948.19.2465
23 23     NY: 1938.104.124 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 52
24 24     O: Milne
25 25     O: Godwyn
26 26     V: GR 22864
27 27     V: GR 22861
28 28     V: GR 22863
29 29     V: GR 22862
30 30     Beirut-AUB: C3350
31 31     Leeds-UL: 460
32 32     Leeds-UL: 459
33 33     CGT coll.
34 34     CGT coll.
35 35     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 485
36 36     CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 290 = CNG 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1071
37 37     CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 327
38 38     CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1071
39 39     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1273 = CNG 55, 13 Nov. 2000, lot 982
40 40     Elsen 108, 12 Mar. 2011, lot 521
41 41     Falghera 2241
42 42     Lindgren III, 1565a
43 43     Private coll.
44 44     Private coll.
45 45     Private coll.
46 46     Pecunem 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 828