RPC VII.2, 3421

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3421
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Abgar X (king)
Issue Royal coinage
Dating AD 239–42
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)(Β)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Nominative Abgarus Rex
Reverse design draped bust of Abgar X, right, wearing tiara
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 102
Specimens 33 (28 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0706.21 BMC 159
2 2     L: TC,p231.3.a.GorAbg BMC 160
3 3     L: 1843,0712.21 BMC 161
4 4     L: TC,p231.3.b.AbgGor BMC 162
5 5     ✸ L: G.2912 BMC 163
6 6     P: AA.GR.5177
7 7     P: 2118
8 8     P: AA.GR.25154
9 9     P: AA.GR.5178
10 10     P: 2119
11 11     P: AA.GR.25153
12 12     B: 18274946, Knobelsdorff
13 13     B: 18274947, Rauch
14 14     B: 18274944, Fox
15 15     C: LK 673-R
16 16     C: 243-1961
17 17     C: 242-1961
18 18     Cop SNG 227
19 19     G SNG 2582
20 20     Mu
21 21     NY: 1944.100.67322
22 22     O: Bodley
23 23     O: Milne
24 24     O: Christ Church
25 25     O: Milne
26 26     O: Bodley
27 27     V: GR 22877
28 28     V: GR 22876
29 29     Beirut-AUB: C3354
30 30     CGT coll.
31 31     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 701
32 32     CNG EA 240, 8 Sept. 2010, lot 350
33 33     Pecunem 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 789