RPC VII.2, 539

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 539
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Gordian III, laureate bust
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσέων
Translation of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding sceptre and crowning Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.60 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 35
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273093, Löbb.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 133, 15 Feb. 2006, lot 172