RPC VII.2, 3441

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3441
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 243–4
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛ ΚΑΡΡΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρ(όπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Καρρηνῶν
Translation Metropolis and Colony of the Carrhaeans
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, left, with crescent above her; in front, Marsyas standing right, carrying wineskin over shoulder, on short column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.26 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Specimens 27 (18 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1524.D BMC 57
2 2     L: G.2858 BMC 58
3 3     P: 1915
4 4     P: Chandon de Briailles 1189
5 5     B: 18274879, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18274884, 1847/8130
7 7     B: 18274878, 1845/5236
8 8     C: Mossop
9 9     ✸ C: Leake
10 10     Cop SNG 187
11 11     NY: 1924.999.193
12 12     NY: 1944.100.65848
13 13     NY: 1944.100.65847
14 14     O: Bodley
15 15     O: New College
16 16     O
17 17     O
18 18     V: GR 22778
19 19     Beirut-AUB: C3326
20 20     Leeds-UL: 396
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 480
24 24     Private coll.
25 25     Private coll.
26 26     Private coll.
27 27     Boston: 64.568