RPC VII.2, 3429

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3429
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 Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition 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 15.41 g
Axis 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11
Reference Babelon —
Specimens 31 (23 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2901 BMC 124
2 2     L: G.2902 BMC 125
3 3     L: G.2903 BMC 126
4 4     L: G.2904 BMC 127
5 5     P: AA.GR.25157
6 6     P: Vogüé 180
7 7     P: 2092
8 8     P: Chandon de Briailles 1342
9 9     P: 2093
10 10     B: 18274963, Löbb.
11 11     B: 18274966, I-B
12 12     B: 18274970, Löbb.
13 13     B: 18274968, Rauch
14 14     B: 18274961, Fox
15 15     Cop SNG 221
16 16     G SNG 2567
17 17     NY: 1944.100.18553
18 18     ✸ NY: 1944.100.24317
19 19     NY: 1938.104.121 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 71
20 20     O: New College
21 21     O: Milne
22 22     V: GR 22826
23 23     V: GR 22828
24 24     Winterthur: G 5307 GrMW III, 1190
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     CGT coll.
27 27     CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 233
28 28     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 273
29 29     CNG EA 272, 25 Jan. 2012, lot 268
30 30     CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 476
31 31     Falghera 2240