RPC VII.2, 3427

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3427
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Colonial coinage
Dating AD 242–4
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 ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation Metropolis Colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, left; in front, Marsyas (?) standing right, on short column, carrying wineskin over shoulder, and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.60 g
Axis 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 86
Specimens 43 (27 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,B.3643 BMC 128
2 2     L: G.2905 BMC 129
3 3     L: 1844,0425.272 BMC 130
4 4     P: AA.GR.25163
5 5     P: 1966.453
6 6     P: Chandon de Briailles 1157
7 7     P: 2091
8 8     P: Chandon de Briailles 1158
9 9     P: Chandon de Briailles 1161
10 10     P: AA.GR.5171
11 11     B: 18274959, 1847/8129
12 12     C: 235-1961
13 13     C: 209-1961
14 14     ✸ C McClean 9553
15 15     Cop SNG 220
16 16     G SNG 2565
17 17     Mu
18 18     Mu
19 19     Mu
20 20     Mu
21 21     Mu
22 22     NY: 1944.100.26685
23 23     NY: 1953.171.1786
24 24     NY: 1948.19.2463
25 25     NY: 1947.97.599
26 26     V: GR 22824
27 27     V: GR 22825
28 28     Beirut-AUB: C3349
29 29     Beirut-AUB: C3346
30 30     Beirut-AUB: C3348
31 31     Beirut-AUB: C3347
32 32     Münster: M 1536
33 33     C. Rhodes coll.
34 34     C. Rhodes coll.
35 35     CGT coll.
36 36     CGT coll.
37 37     CGT coll.
38 38     CGT coll.
39 39     CGT coll.
40 40     CGT coll.
41 41     CGT coll.
42 42     Elsen 116, 16 Mar. 2013, lot 591
43 43     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1155