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Coin Type: Bronze AE33 of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE. Mint and Date: Singara in Mesopotamia, 238-244 CE. Size and Weight: 33mm, 14.61g Obverse: AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB Confronted busts of Gordian right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane. Reverse: AVR CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA Tyche seated left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming left below. Provenance: Mixed lot, eBay Ref: BMC Mesopotamia pg. 135, 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627 BW Ref: 009 026 023 |
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