RPC VII.2, 3440

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3440
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 ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛ ΚΑΡΡΗΝⲰΝ
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, l., with crescent above her; in front, Marsyas standing r., carrying wineskin over shoulder, on short column
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 6, 9, 11
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2856 BMC 55
2 2     L: G.2857 BMC 56
3 3     P: 1966.453
4 4     P: 1918
5 5     C: 208-1961
6 6     G SNG 2499
7 7     NY: 1938.104.63 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 76
8 8     NY: 1938.104.64 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 78
9 9     Leeds-UL: 395
10 10     CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 226
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 417
12 12     Private coll.