RPC VII.2, 3438

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3438
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛ ΚΑΡΡΗΝωΝ
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 31 mm
Axis 11
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1916
2 2     Lanz 52, 14 May 1990, lot 621