RPC VII.2, 640

Province Thrace
City Byzantium 
Region Thrace
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, raising left hand
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ Τ Β Κ Π ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΑϹ, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΤΟ Β
Reverse design four torches (or fish traps?), in the middle a wreathed lighted altar

Coin no. 1 of RPC VII.2, 640

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. 485
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1798/2
Diameter 33
Weight 23.65
Axis 12
Note
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8586592b 
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