RPC VII.2, 3426

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3426
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Colonial coinage
Dating AD 242–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, left; in front, Marsyas (?) standing right, on short column, carrying wineskin over shoulder, and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Babelon —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D. Taylor coll.