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ID: |
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160768 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Provincial |
| Region: |
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MOESIA INFERIOR |
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City:
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Marcianopolis |
| Issuer: |
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Gordian III |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 238-244
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| Metal: |
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Bronze |
| Denomination: |
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AE 27 |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 238-244 |
| Diameter: |
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27 mm |
| Weight: |
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11.50 g |
| Die Axis: |
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1 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from front and draped bust of Serapis left, wearing Kalathos, vis-À-vis |
| Reverse Legend: |
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VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV MAPKIANOΠΟΛIT-ΩN (ΩN ligate) |
| Reverse Description: |
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Apollo Sauroctonus standing facing, head right, drawing bow from quiver with right hand and holding bow with left; to left, chiton draped over cippus; to right, serpent entwined about tree trunk; E in upper left |
| Primary Reference: |
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AMNG I 1090 |
| Reference2: |
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Mouchmov 782 |
| Reference3: |
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cf. SNG Cop 255 |
| Reference4: |
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Varbanov 1534 (same dies) |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=77977 |
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Grade:
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Good VF, green and red-brown patina, traces of smoothing in fields. |
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