RPC VII.2, 3428

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3428
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρόπολις Κολωνία Εδεσσηνῶν μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
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 29 mm
Average weight 15.44 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 85
Specimens 21 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2094
2 2     P: 798
3 3     P: AA.GR.5170
4 4     P: Chandon de Briailles 1341
5 5     P: Chandon de Briailles 1189A
6 6     C: 529-1950
7 7     ✸ C: Leake
8 8     G SNG 2566
9 9     Mu
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY: 1938.104.120 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 70
12 12     V: GR 22827
13 13     Winterthur: G 5298 GrMW III, 1192
14 14     Winterthur: G 7245 GrMW III, 1193
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 260
21 21     CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 349