RPC VII.2, 3410

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3410
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Abgar X (king)
Issue Royal coinage
Dating AD 239–42
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Reverse design Gordian III, laureate, seated right, on platform, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing Abgar X standing left, wearing tiara, holding Nike and sword
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon —
Specimens 23 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0105.8 BMC 139
2 2     P: 2103
3 3     B: 18274897, 1845/5231
4 4     C: 586-1948
5 5     Cop SNG 223
6 6     G SNG 2571
7 7     NY: 1944.100.30160
8 8     NY: 1923.130.8
9 9     NY: 1948.19.2464
10 10     NY: 1938.104.123 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 54
11 11     NY: 1938.104.122 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 54
12 12     V: GR 22865
13 13     Leeds-UL: 461
14 14     ✸ Winterthur: G 5299 GrMW III, 1191
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 222
17 17     CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 354
18 18     CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 477
19 19     Falghera 2242
20 20     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2267
21 21     Künker 111, 18 Mar. 2006, lot 6960
22 22     Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 790
23 23     Pecunem 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 827