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Object Type
Museum number: 1841,B.3827
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Gordian III, laureate, right, with drapery on left shoulder. (obverse); On left, Gordian, laureate and togate, seated right on curule chair on platform, holding sceptre in left hand; on right, Abgar standing left, wearing diademed tiara, holding Victory on extended right hand and hilt of sword in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Gordian III; Ruler: Abgar X
Cultures/periods
Production date: 242-244
Production place: Minted in: Edessa (Mesopotamia)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 10 o'clock; Diameter: 33 millimetres; Weight: 22.48 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Arabia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine Empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene) (138, p.113); SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols) (223) (var.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; royal/imperial
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Gordian III; Named in inscription & portrayed: Abgar X
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1841
Acquisition notes: Ticket marked "T B 1841" only. The coin matches entries 3827-3829 in the Burgon register. The first number was assigned as there was no way of distinguishing between these three entries.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1841,B.3827
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (113) (138)
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Jan 2012; Treatment: 25 Nov 2004; Treatment: 07 Aug 2001

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