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Object Type
Museum number: HPB,p162.1.C
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Gordian III, laureate, right, with drapery on left shoulder. (obverse); On left, Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, standing right, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on right, Abgar standing left, wearing diademed tiara, holding wreath in 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: 5 o'clock; Diameter: 32.50 millimetres; Weight: 20.58 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) (140, p.114); SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols) (224) (var.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; royal/imperial
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Gordian III; Named in inscription & portrayed: Abgar X
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1832
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: HPB,p162.1.C
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (114) (140)

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