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Æ34 - Gordian III ΑΔ (Ι)ΑΝΟ (Ο) ΕΠΙ Χ ΕΡΜΟΚΡ (ΤΟ) ϹΕΒ
| Issuer | Hadrianopolis (Philomelium) (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Weight | 25.43 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front, with the paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. The imperial effigy displays the characteristic youthful features of Gordian III. A circular Greek legend surrounds the bust within the coin's field, running along the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of Fortune and civic prosperity, stands in full figure facing left at the centre of the field. She holds a ship's rudder in her right hand, symbolising guidance of the city's destiny, and a cornucopia in her left arm, representing abundance. The figure is rendered in the provincial Greek artistic tradition typical of Pisidian civic bronzes of the third century AD. A Greek circular legend occupies the field surrounding the figure, identifying the issuing city and the presiding magistrate. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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