238 AD - 244 AD

Marcianopolis   Moesia Inferior   Gordianus III
Μαρκιανόπολις   Κάτω Μοισία   Γορδιάνος Γ'

 AE 26
 SHH 5839

5839 Marcianopolis Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE
Initial Coin Condition before Patine Removal

5839 Marcianopolis Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE my-XRF 1
μ-XRF-Analysis   ArtTAX Pro, 80-100 µm Spot

5839 Marcianopolis Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE DePat
Initial Coin Condition before Patine Removal

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Composition		 9.86 g   25.9-27.0 mm   2.0 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   VF   centering + / +
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 12.0 MS/m
Laurate draped and cuirassed bust of Gordianus right,
facing draped bust of Serapis wearing Modius (κάλαθος) left;
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC clockwise around AVΓ in exergue; border of dots.
Minerva (Αθηνά) standing facing, head left, wearing crested helmet;
she sacrifices from patera in right hand, left hand resting on inverted spear;
shield at her feet to left; E (denomination) in right field; MAΡKIAN / OΠOΛITΩN in exergue; border of dots.
Double centering on obverse;
concentric grooves around cenetring mark on reverse.
Patina removed, scratches on reverse
AMNG I/1 ---; BMC Thrace ---; Copenhagen II ---; Hristova & Jekov 6.37.4.6; Varbanov 1941
Ex CNG 354E/310, 1.7.2015
Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 10.2018

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