RPC VII.2, 542

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 542
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Gordian III, laureate bust
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσέων
Translation of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding sceptre and crowning Roma seated left on shield, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.25 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 28–34, 36–7
Specimens 23 (12 in the core collections)
Note The sceptre held by Tyche is sometimes hardly visible or missing.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.88
2 2     L BMC 27
3 3     B: 18273095, 1933/413
4 4     B: 18273087, 1953 Reichsbank
5 5     B: 18273090, Knobelsdorff
6 6     B: 18273094, Löbb.
7 7     Cop SNG 168
8 8     Cop SNG 169
9 9     Mu
10 10     NY: 1944.100.10405 SNG 265
11 11     O: Milne
12 12     V: GR 9749
13 13     A: 111
14 14     Aarhus SNG 424
15 15     Argenor 3, Oct. 2002, lot 376
16 16     C. Rhodes coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     Classical Numismatic Review 25, 2000, lot 68
19 19     Lindgren II, 1086
20 20     Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 132
21 21     Savoca 11 Blue, 27 Oct. 2018, lot 1026
22 22     Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG 7, 28 Feb. 2016, lot 386
23 23     SNG Evelpidis 1221