Æ27 - Gordian III ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε

Odessos — modern Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast — was among the most prolific provincial mints of the Gordian III period, producing an unusually wide range of denominations and reverse types. The Ε in the inscription almost certainly denotes a magistrate's initial rather than a denomination mark, situating this piece within a local civic coinage system that operated in parallel with imperial issues without any central Roman authorization over its specific types.