RPC VII.2, 1535

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1535
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, left, with cornucopia behind him
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition Ὀδησσείτων εʹ
Translation of the Odessians, 5
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2355
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276150, Knobelsdorff AMNG 2355/1
2 2     B: 18276153, I-B AMNG 2355/2
3 3     ✸ V: GR 39639
4 4     Freiburg: 11454
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 270, 14 Dec. 2011, lot 195
7 7     Private coll.