RPC VII.2, 3408


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Volume	VII.2
Number	3408
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
Edition	Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Edition	Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Γορδιανὸς Ἀβγαρος βασιλεύς
Translation	Emperor Gordian, Abgar the king
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	33 mm
Average weight	19.64 g
Axis	3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference	Babelon 93
Specimens	46 (29 in the core collections)

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: EH,p677.1.a.AbgGor	BMC 136	32	24.10	11		Show
2	2 ✸	L: EH,p677.1.b.AbgGor	BMC 137	32	19.44	10		Show
3	3	P: Chandon de Briailles 1340		32	23.97	6		Show
4	4	P: 2099		32	19.51	6		Show
5	5	P: 2100		32	19.31	3		Show
6	6	P: 1966.453		35	19.31	11		Show
7	7	P: Vogüé 176		32	19.08	12		Show
8	8	P: 2101		32	18.88	11	Obv.: GIC 208 (turreted bust of Tyche, r.)	Show
9	9	P: AA.GR.19418		32	18.87	10		Show
10	10	P: AA.GR.26257		34	18.02	11		Show
11	11	B: 18274894, Löbb.		33	20.27	11		Show
12	12	B: 18274896, Fox		32	19.11	11		Show
13	13	B: 18274892, Löbb.		33	15.66	5	on the rev., ΑΒΓΡΟϹ, sic	Show
14	14	C: 236-1961		32	21.37	11		Show
15	15	G	SNG 2572	31	18.84	6	Obv.: GIC 208 (turreted bust of Tyche, r.)	Show
16	16	Mu		32	20.12	11		Show
17	17	Mu		32	15.85	12		Show
18	18	NY: 1948.19.2467		32.8	22.05	10		Show
19	19	NY: 1944.100.39409		32.4	20.64	10	Obv.: GIC 208 (turreted bust of Tyche, r.)	Show
20	20	NY: 1944.100.33312		32.8	19.75	10		Show
21	21	NY: 1948.19.2466		32.3	16.47	10		Show
22	22	NY: 1948.19.2465		32.5	16.13	10		Show
23	23	NY: 1938.104.124	Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 52	32.2	19.11	10		Show
24	24	O: Milne		33	18.84	10		Show
25	25	O: Godwyn		32	18.60	11		Show
26	26	V: GR 22864		33.8	21.51	10		Show
27	27	V: GR 22861		32.6	21.40	11		Show
28	28	V: GR 22863		32.4	15.85	11		Show
29	29	V: GR 22862		32.6	15.53	11		Show
30	30	Beirut-AUB: C3350		33	20.61			Show
31	31	Leeds-UL: 460		34.5	19.23			Show
32	32	Leeds-UL: 459		32.9	18.52			Show
33	33		CGT coll.	32	21.50	11		Show
34	34		CGT coll.	32	20.11	11		Show
35	35		CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 485	32	22.43	5		Show
36	36		CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 290 = CNG 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1071	31	17.55	10		Show
37	37		CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 327	34	23.41	11		Show
38	38		CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1071	33	21.79			Show
39	39		CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1273 = CNG 55, 13 Nov. 2000, lot 982	33	21.79	11		Show
40	40		Elsen 108, 12 Mar. 2011, lot 521	32	21.18			Show
41	41		Falghera 2241	32.5	21.51	11		Show
42	42		Lindgren III, 1565a	32	21.57			Show
43	43		Private coll.	33.2	19.63	11		Show
44	44		Private coll.	32.7	19.13	11		Show
45	45		Private coll.	32	16.10	11	Obv.: GIC 208 (turreted bust of Tyche, r.)	Show
46	46		Pecunem 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 828	32	19.75			Show