MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (32mm, 22.08 g, 12h). Struck AD 242. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, decorated with gorgoneion, raising right hand and holding globe / Gordian standing left, radiate, in military attire, holding patera and long scepter; to left, flaming altar. CNO IV, XXIV.11.↔︎3; RPC VII.2 Online 1496; Varbanov 4440. Dark green patina, minor cleaning mark. Good VF. This obverse die was shared with coins of Marcianopolis and Tomis.
Ex Roma E-Live 6 (25 March 2023), lot 122; Roma E-Sale 84 (16 June 2021), lot 1211; Solidus Numismatik 39 (24 March 2019), lot 30 (hammer €850).
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