RPC VII.2, 3434

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3434
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 ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝω(Ν)
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation Metropolis Colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right; in front, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.82 g
Axis 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference Babelon —
Specimens 12 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1843,0712.73 BMC 131
2 2     L: 1900,0706.12 BMC 132
3 3     P: 2096
4 4     P: 2097
5 5     B: 18274971, 1855/17633
6 6     G SNG 2568
7 7     Mu
8 8     NY: 1944.100.63659
9 9     O: Milne
10 10     V: GR 22829
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 396