RPC VII.2, 546

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 546
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Gordian III, radiate bust
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ(ΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, 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 cornucopia and crowning Roma seated left on shield, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.00 g
Axis 1
Reference Papaefthymiou 50, 61–2
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 9751
2 2     Warsaw: 57836
3 3     ✸ Triskeles 20, 30 June 2017, lot 42