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A provincial coin of the emperor Gordian III with his wife Tranquillina, with a reverse showing Nemesis 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, 12.1g
Obverse: Confronted draped busts of Gordian, right, laureate, and Tranquillina, left, diademed.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ TPANKVΛΛЄINA
Reverse: 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. E in upper left field.
OΔHCCЄITΩN
Provenance: shoppin4me2 (eBay), April 2006
Ref: Varbanov I 4585
BW Ref: 040 024 080
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Note: For a discussion of what Nemesis is carrying, see this footnote.

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