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Object Type
Museum number: G.2856
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. (obverse); Bust of Tyche, veiled and wearing turreted crown, left; [above, crescent]; before her, statue (of Marsyas) on pedestal. The surface of the upper part of the field has been lost. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 238-244
Production place: Minted in: Carrhae
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 11 o'clock; Diameter: 27.50 millimetres; Weight: 15.54 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) (55, p.89); SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols) (187) (var.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Gordian III; Representation of: Tyche/Fortuna; Representation of: Marsyas
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G.2856
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (89) (55)

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