RPC VII.2, 533

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 533
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Gordian III, laureate bust
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ Μ (Α)(Ν)Τ(Ω)Ν(ΙΟ)Ϲ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹ(Ϲ)ΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσαίων
Translation of the Edessaeans
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
Average weight 8.58 g
Axis 1, 3, 6, 7, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 1–2, 5–14, 17, 20–2
Specimens 24 (11 in the core collections)
Note The obv. legend comes as ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, ΑΤ Κ Μ ΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, or ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G1874,0715.218 BMC 25
2 2     P: 713
3 3     B: 18273091, Fox
4 4     C: 245-1961
5 5     C SNG Lewis 1241
6 6     G SNG 647
7 7     G SNG 648
8 8     Mu
9 9     Mu
10 10     NY: 1944.100.10404 SNG 266
11 11     O: Christ Church
12 12     Klagenfurt SNG 237
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 797 = Sternberg 15, 11 Apr. 1985, lot 504
18 18     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 171
19 19     Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 349
20 20     Lindgren II, 1085
21 21     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2419
22 22     Savoca 11 Blue, 27 Oct. 2018, lot 1028
23 23     SNG Evelpidis 1222
24 24     Boston: 66.917