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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7576092, member: 85693"]Interesting write up and coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is kind of ugly, but it has interesting Gordian III eastern connections (see notes below, from [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] ): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306049[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gordian III / Abgar X Phraates</b></p><p><b>Æ 31 (242-244 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Edessa, Mesopotamia</b> <b>(Osrhoene)</b></p><p>[A]VTOK K M A[NT ΓOPΔIANOC C]ЄB, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / [AYTOK ΓOPΔIANOC A]BΓAPOC BACIΛЄYC, Abgar standing left, giving Nike to Gordian on daïs.</p><p>SNG Cop. 223; BMC 139.</p><p>(19.69 grams / 31 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p>"Lucius Verus set up a pro-Roman king in 167. Osrhoene continued as a pro-Roman state, until 216 when Caracalla turned it into a Roman province. Gordian III briefly revived Osrhoene in 242 and set up king Abgar X, but upon Gordian's death in 244 Osrhoene reverted back to Roman provincial status." (Parthicus on Coin Talk)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7576092, member: 85693"]Interesting write up and coins. This one is kind of ugly, but it has interesting Gordian III eastern connections (see notes below, from [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] ): [ATTACH=full]1306049[/ATTACH] [B]Gordian III / Abgar X Phraates Æ 31 (242-244 A.D.) Edessa, Mesopotamia[/B] [B](Osrhoene)[/B] [A]VTOK K M A[NT ΓOPΔIANOC C]ЄB, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / [AYTOK ΓOPΔIANOC A]BΓAPOC BACIΛЄYC, Abgar standing left, giving Nike to Gordian on daïs. SNG Cop. 223; BMC 139. (19.69 grams / 31 mm) [B]Notes[/B] "Lucius Verus set up a pro-Roman king in 167. Osrhoene continued as a pro-Roman state, until 216 when Caracalla turned it into a Roman province. Gordian III briefly revived Osrhoene in 242 and set up king Abgar X, but upon Gordian's death in 244 Osrhoene reverted back to Roman provincial status." (Parthicus on Coin Talk)[/QUOTE]
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