RPC VII.2, 544

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 544
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Gordian III, radiate bust
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and crowning Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 44–9
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.87
2 2     P: 715
3 3     B: 18273089, 1847/8171
4 4     C SNG Lewis 1240
5 5     Elsen 49, 19 Apr. 1997, lot 789
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 7, 26 Apr. 2014, lot 1015