Description: Moesia Inferior, Odessos, Gordian III (238 - 244 AD). AYT ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC; laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right (on left), confronting draped bust of Serapis left with kalathos on head / Ο∆ΗCCΕΙΤΩΝ; Asklepios with mantle, standing left, holding serpent serpent entwined staff, E in right field.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 11,62 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: AMNG I, 2, 576, 2346

Commentary: scarce; brown patina, good details

History: Slavs started pouring into the city from the beginning of the 7th century AD, but it was not until the Bulgars took the city in 681 that it received its modern name: Varna.

Article Number: 050-01-01-41652