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Coin Type: Bronze pentassarion of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE. Mint and Date: Odessos in Thrace, 238-244 CE. Size and Weight: 25mm x 26mm, 12.08g Obverse: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ TPANKVΛΛЄINA Confronted draped busts of Gordian, right, laureate, and Tranquillina, left, diademed. Reverse: OΔHCCЄITΩN Nemesis standing left, short rod held out at waist level in right hand in front, bridle held low in left hand behind, wheel in front at feet. Field Marks: E in upper left field. Provenance: shoppin4me2 (eBay), April 2006 Ref: Varbanov I (English) 4585 BW Ref: 040 052 080 |
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