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Æ26 - Gordian III ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
| Issuer | Odessos (Moesia) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts of Emperor Gordian III and the god Sarapis facing one another at center field: Gordian III depicted laureate, draped, and cuirassed to the right as seen from the front, while Sarapis faces left, draped, with a modius atop his head and a cornucopia positioned behind him. The encircling Greek legend reading ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ runs along the periphery within a dotted border, identifying the emperor by his imperial titulature. The juxtaposition of the imperial and divine effigies reflects the syncretic religious character typical of Moesian provincial coinage under the Severan and Gordian dynasties. |
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| Reverse description | Hygieia, goddess of health, rendered in full figure standing to the right at center, her drapery falling in fluid folds about her body. She extends a patera in her right hand from which she feeds a large serpent that rears up before her, a standard iconographic attribute of the deity in provincial coinage. The encircling Greek legend ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, accompanied by the denominational mark Ε, frames the figure within a dotted border, attributing the issue to the city of Odessos. The image visible in the provided photograph corresponds to the reverse type, showing the standing draped figure with the serpent clearly delineated to her right. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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