RPC VII.2, 548

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 548
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Gordian III, radiate bust
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
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 8.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 63–4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 171
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Münzzentrum 53, 13 Nov. 1984, lot 1546
3 3     Künker 77, 30 Sept. 2002, lot 568
4 4     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 37, 24 June 2017, lot 283