Pentassarion - Gordian III Demeter; Odessos
Features
| Issuer |
Odessos
(Moesia)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus) (238-244)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 238-244 |
| Value | Pentassaria (5⁄16) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 10.65 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 310360 |
| References | AMNG I-II# 2334 Behrendt Pick, Kurt Regling, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (ed.); 1910. Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands / Band 1.2. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: die Münzen von Odessos und Tomis. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany. |
Obverse
Bust of Gordian III to the right, laureate, draped, cuirassed, facing the bust of Sarapis to the left, wearing calathos on head, draped.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ
Translation:
AYT(-οκράτωρ) M(-άρκου) ANT(-ωνίνως) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AYΓ(-ουστος).
"Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordian, August".
Reverse
Demeter standing to the left, wearing chiton and peplos, holding a sceptre in left hand and a branch in right hand; letter E in left field.
Script: Greek
Lettering: OΔHCCEITΩN
Translation: [of] Odessos.
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (238-244) | |||||||||||||||
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