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A provincial bronze coin of the emperor Gordian III with a reverse showing Hermes Coin Type: Bronze AE26 Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Hadrianopolis in Thrace, 238-244 CE.
Size and Weight: 26mm, 10.21g
Obverse: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ (The AVΓ as a monogram)
Laureate, draped bust right.
Reverse: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN
Hermes standing facing, head left, kerykeion in his left hand and purse in his right, his chlamys hanging from his left arm.
Provenance: Ancient Treasures (eBay), February 2005.
Ref: Varbanov II (English) 3806; Moushmov 2755
BW Ref: 015 026 034
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