RPC VII.2, 3422

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3422
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 Ϲ(Ε)(Β)
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Edition Ἀβγαρος βασιλεύς
Translation king Abgar
Reverse design draped bust of Abgar X, right, wearing tiara
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.28 g
Axis 5, 6, 9, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 100
Specimens 12 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 20263, Seymour de Ricci 539
2 2     P: AA.GR.18637
3 3     P: 2120
4 4     B: 18274949, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18274948, 1855/17622
6 6     C: 244-1961
7 7     C: Mossop
8 8     Mu
9 9     NY: 1944.100.69832
10 10     O: New College
11 11     ✸ Leeds-UL: 90
12 12     Münzzentrum 82, 6 Sept. 1995, lot 398