GB84832. Bronze AE 24, BMC Arabia p. 115, 148; Babelon Edessa 97; cf. SNG Cop 225 (draped and cuirassed), SNG Hunterian 2579 (same), VF, porous, minor pitting, some legend unstruck, reverse a little off center, Mesopotamia, Edessa (Urfa, Sanliurfa, Turkey) mint, weight 7.981g, maximum diameter 23.5mm, die axis 0
o, 242 - 243 A.D.; obverse AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB, laureate bust of Gordian III right, slight drapery on left shoulder, star lower right; reverse ABΓAPOC BACIΛEYC, draped bust of Abgar right, bearded, wearing a diademed Parthian-style tiara, star behind;
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