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LOT 3150
Gordian III AE Medallion of Odessus, Moesia Inferior. AD 242.
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, decorated with gorgoneion, raising right hand in salute and holding globe in left / OΔHCCEITΩN, The Great God standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. RPC VII.2 1497; AMNG I 2314; Varbanov 4444. Near Very Fine.(30.48gr, 37mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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