RPC VII.2, 3417

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3417
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Abgar X (king)
Issue Royal coinage
Dating AD 239–42
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder; in front, star
Reverse inscription ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Edition Ἀβγαρος βασιλεὺς
Translation Abgar the king
Reverse design draped bust of Abgar X, right, wearing tiara; behind, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.87 g
Axis 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 97
Specimens 52 (46 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: EH,p677.7.AbgGor BMC 148
2 2     P: AA.GR.2979
3 3     P: 2113
4 4     P: AA.GR.5175
5 5     P: AA.GR.17590
6 6     P: 2114
7 7     P: 2115
8 8     P: AA.GR.25147
9 9     P: AA.GR.25145
10 10     P: Chandon de Briailles 1163
11 11     P: M 5531
12 12     P: 2117
13 13     P: AA.GR.25149
14 14     P: AA.GR.19548
15 15     P: AA.GR.5174
16 16     P: 1966.453
17 17     B: 18274905, Löbb.
18 18     B: 18274901, 1847/8182
19 19     B: 18274903, Alter Bestand
20 20     B: 18274904, Fox
21 21     C: G 715-R
22 22     C: LK 672-R
23 23     C: 239-1961
24 24     C: 556-1950
25 25     Cop SNG 226
26 26     Mu
27 27     Mu
28 28     Mu
29 29     Mu
30 30     Mu
31 31     Mu
32 32     Mu
33 33     NY: 1944.100.83431
34 34     NY: 1944.100.51948
35 35     ✸ NY: 1944.100.51302
36 36     NY: 1991.3.17
37 37     NY: 1938.104.129 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 60
38 38     NY: 1938.104.128 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 60
39 39     O: Milne
40 40     O: Douce
41 41     O: Milne
42 42     O: Oman
43 43     V: GR 22868
44 44     V: GR 22867
45 45     V: GR 22869
46 46     V: GR 22870
47 47     Leeds-UL: 81
48 48     CGT coll.
49 49     Falghera 2246
50 50     Pecunem 43, 1 May 2016, lot 775
51 51     Private coll.
52 52     Sincona 6, 23 May 2012, lot 209