RPC VII.2, 3423

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3423
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Nominative Abgarus Rex
Reverse design draped bust of Abgar X, right, wearing tiara
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 101
Specimens 21 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5179
2 2     P: 2128
3 3     B: 18274950, I-B
4 4     B: 18274951, Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 228
6 6     G SNG 2581
7 7     Mu
8 8     NY: 1944.100.72176
9 9     NY: 1944.100.70803
10 10     NY: 1944.100.72182
11 11     ✸ O: Bodley
12 12     O
13 13     O: Christ Church
14 14     V: GR 22880
15 15     V: GR 22878
16 16     Leeds-UL: 89
17 17     Winterthur: G 5302 GrMW III, 1196
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CNG EA 196, 1 Oct. 2008, lot 188
20 20     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 257
21 21     Falghera 2247