238 AD - 244 AD

Dionysopolis   Moesia Inferior   Gordianus III
Διονυσόπολις   Κάτω Μοισία   Γορδιάνος Γ'



 5 Assaria AE 28
SHH 4266

4266 Dionysopolis Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE

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Donated
13.03 g   26.7-28.7 mm   2.5 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering + / +
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 10,8, rev. 10,2 MS/m

Draped and cuirassed bust of laureate Gordianus right,
facing draped bust of laureate Sarapis wearing modius left;
AVT  in exergue, M ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ clockwise around; border of dots.
Sarapis standing facing, head left; wearing modius (κάλαθος);
right hand raised; sceptre in left arm; ΔΙΟΝVC / Ο / ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ clockwise around; denomination mark E (= 5) in left field; border of dots.
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AMNG I/1 386; BMC Thrace ---; Budapest III ---; Copenhagen II 189;
Evelpidis I ---;
Lindgren I & III
---; Moushmov 129; München VII ---;  Varbanov 573/574 inscription variant
Ex Busso Peus 403/206, 27.4.2011; ex collection from Thüringen
Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 7.2020