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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Odessos| > SH85459
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Odessos, Moesia Inferior
|Odessos|, |Gordian| |III,| |29| |July| |238| |-| |25| |February| |244| |A.D.,| |Odessos,| |Moesia| |Inferior|, As first noticed by von Sallet in the Berlin Catalogue, the obverse die of this coin was also used to strike medallions for Marcianopolis and Tomis (see AMNG Marcianopolis 1098 note).
SH85459. Bronze medallion, hexassarion; Varbanov 4434 (R8, same dies), AMNG I/II 2315 (4 specimens), EF, nice dark green patina, well centered on a broad flan, marks and scratches, Odessos (Varna, Bulgaria) mint, weight 25.655g, maximum diameter 36.8mm, die axis 180o, 29 Jul 238 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔ-IANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust left, almost half-length, seen from front, raising right hand in greeting, globe in left hand; reverse OΔHC-C-EITON, On the left, Hygeia standing right, holding phiale in her left hand from which she feeds snake held in her right; to right, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff in his right hand; ex Stack's NYINC auction (9 Jan 2015), lot 261; ex Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale (25 Sep 2013), lot 23297; ex Heritage-Gemini VIII (14 Apr 2011), lot 406; SOLD










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