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A provincial bronze coin of the emperor Gordian III confronted by Serapis, with Serapis on the reverse as well Coin Type: Brass pentassarion of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Odessos in Thrace, 238-244 CE.
Size and Weight: 26mm x 27mm, 12.13g
Obverse: ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC
Confronted draped busts of Gordian (right) and Serapis (left).
Exergue: AYT K M
Reverse: OΔHC-CEITΩN
Serapis standing facing, head left, right hand raised and open, left hand holding long sceptre at an angle. E in left field.
Provenance: 77ernest (eBay), July 2007
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 4532; AMNG I 2333.
BW Ref: 047 033 113
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Note: The obverse die is the same as that illustrated in Varbanov I at #4463.

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