238 AD - 244 AD

Hadrianopolis   Thracia   Gordianus III
Αδριανούπολις   Θράκη   Γορδιάνος Γ'



AE 27
SHH 3581

3581 Hadrianopolis Thracia Gordianus III AE

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Provenance
10.82 g   26.2-27.0 mm   7:00 o'clock   VF   blind countersink + / +
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Gordianus right;
AVT K M AN / T ΓOΡΔIANΟC AVΓ
clockwise around; border of dots.
City gate with open door and three pinnacles flanked by two towers with conical roofs;
two arched windows in each tower;
AΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ clockwise around; border of dots.
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BMC Thrace 43;  Copenhagen II ---; Evelpidis I
956 variant (no windows in towers);
Lindgren I & III ---; Milano VI/3 434/435
variant (no windows in towers); Moushmov 2701; Sear Greek Imperial 3652 variant (no windows in towers); Tübingen II ---; Varbanov 3995
Acquired 28.12.2006