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Previously only known from an unique and uncompleet picture from the M. Prieur's database, I'm proud to share here with you my 18th type of antiochene tetradrachm which is actually the onlyone known for the type Obverse inscription : ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Obverse design : radiate head of Gordi...

Your identification is correct, and you are right, there is indeed something above the right shoulder that is not described because at this stage, we do not know what it is.

Congratulations ! I never saw any other as of dupondius so heavy for Gordian. I have about 60 asses and 30 dupondii in my collection, and I have the compleet datas for the coins conserved in Paris. the heavyest I knew was a dupondius of 12.97g (in my collection) and 2 asses of 11.87g (both in Paris)...