Ruler
Marcus Aurelius
Value
Gordian II
Reverse Legend
Lot comprising two coins (078)
Grade
gVF
Mint
-
Date
-
Weigth and Diameter
9.39 g. 23 mm.
Metal
bronze
Roman Provincial - Lot comprising two bronze coins:
1 - Syria, Cyrrhestica. Hieropolis. Marcus Aurelius. A.D. 161-180. AE 23 (10.09 g. 23 mm.).
AYT KAI MA AYPH A - NTWNINωC, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius right /
ΘЄAC CYPI / AC IЄPOΠO // H, ethnic in two lines within laurel-wreath // control below.
RPC IV online 8547; BMC 20. 142, 29.
2 - Edessa, Mesopotamia. - Gordian III (238-244 AD). Æ (7.22 g. 23 mm.).
AYTOK M AVΡ ΓOΡΔIANOC, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, star before /
ABΓAΡOC BACIΛEYC, Crowned and draped bust of Abgar X Phraates right, star behind.
BMC 144; SNG Copenhagen 225.
2023-16372 (GR-078)