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VII.2, 3438
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3438
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 Ϲ
Ε
Β
Edition
Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design
laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription
ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛ ΚΑΡΡΗΝ
ω
Ν
Edition
μητρ(όπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Καρρηνῶν
Translation
Metropolis and Colony of the Carrhaeans
Reverse design
draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, left, with crescent above her; in front, Marsyas standing right, carrying wineskin over shoulder, on short column
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
31 mm
Average weight
15.62 g
Axis
11
Specimens
2 (1 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
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Number
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Reverse
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Diameter
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1
1
✸
P: 1916
31
14.21
11
pierced
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2
2
Lanz 52, 14 May 1990, lot 621
17.03
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