241 AD - 244 AD

Odessus   Moesia Inferior   Gordianus III & Tranquillina
Οδησσός   Κάτω Μοισία   Γορδιάνος Γ' & Τρανκυλλίνα
 5 Assaria AE 27 SHH 865

865 Odessus Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE

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Reference


Acquired
 12.78 g   26.5-28.4 mm   1:00 o'clock   VF
On left, draped and cuirassed bust of laureate Gordian right,
facing draped bust of Tranquillina left;
AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANΟC AVΓ CE clockwise around; TPANKVΛ / [ΛEINA] in exergue;
border of dots.
Athena standing left holding spear in left hand, right hand resting on shield;
OΔHCC / EITΩN clockwise around; E in upper left field; border of dots.
The image on the reverse is usually identified as Athena. Varbanov distinguishes
between Mars with a short chiton (4555/4557) and Athena with a long one.
 AMNG I/2 2382/2384; BMC Thrace ---; Budapest III ---; Christomanos I ---;
Copenhagen II 685; Evelpidis I ---; Lindgren I 814; Milano VI/3 ---; Moushmov 1684;
Sear Greek Imperial ---; Stancomb ---; Tübingen II 895; Varbanov 4563/4565
23.7.2004