RPC VII.2, 3437

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3437
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 243–4
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 ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛ ΚΑΡΡΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρ(όπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Καρρηνῶν
Translation metropolis and colony of the Carrhaeans
Reverse design crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.23 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,1015.272 BMC 61
2 2     L: G.2860 BMC 62
3 3     P: 1908
4 4     G SNG 2500
5 5     NY: 1944.100.65845
6 6     NY: 1938.104.61 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 82
7 7     O: Bodley
8 8     V: GR 22779
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 922
11 11     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 963
12 12     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 148, 5 Jan. 2025, lot 526