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MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (34mm, 23.46 g, 1h). Struck AD 242. Near VF.Electronic Auction 590 Roman Provincial, Bronze Estimate: $ 150 |
MOESIA INFERIOR, Odessus. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (34mm, 23.46 g, 1h). Struck AD 242. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, decorated with gorgoneion, raising right hand and holding globe in left / The great god Darzalas, wearing kalathos, standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar to left, right hand holds a cornucopia. CNO IV, XXIV.4.↔︎1; RPC VII.2 1497 corr. (bust); Varbanov 4444 corr. (same). Rough brown patina, flan crack. Near VF. |