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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Hadrianopolis| > RP84564
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
|Hadrianopolis|, |Gordian| |III,| |29| |July| |238| |-| |25| |February| |244| |A.D.,| |Hadrianopolis,| |Thrace|, Tyche (Greek for luck; the Roman equivalent was Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. Increasingly during the Hellenistic period, cities had their own specific iconic version of Tyche, wearing a mural crown (a crown like the walls of the city).
RP84564. Bronze AE 26, Varbanov II 3869 (R3), Jurukova Hadrianopolis 509, Mouchmov 2740, SNG Milan 439 var., SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, VF, well centered on a tight flan, dark green patina, marks, central cavities, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, weight 12.138g, maximum diameter 25.6mm, die axis 180o, obverse AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Tyche-Fortuna standing slightly left, head left, wearing kalathos on head, holding grounded rudder by tiller in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; ex Agora Auctions, sale 53, lot 74; SOLD










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