RPC VII.1, 800

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 800
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Hermokrates (archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ(Ι)ΑΝΟΠ(Ο) ΕΠΙ Χ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑ(ΤΟ) ϹΕΒ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 7–8: same pair of dies. 6–8: same obv. die. 14: same obv. die as RPC X 5864/2 (Alexandria).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1851,0513.30
2 2     B: 309/1876 Casa Numismatica Santamaria Mar. 1953, lot 1046 (Signorelli)
3 3     C McClean 8813
4 4     Falghera 2156 = Waddell 1, 1982, lot 351
5 5     NY: 1971.230.78
6 6     P: 1207
7 7     Tübingen SNG 4018 = SNG vA 3612
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 152
10 10     CGT coll. = CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 100
11 11     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics E-Sale 8, 31 May 2014, lot 444
12 12     ✸ H.I. coll.
13 13     CNG EA 513, 6 Apr. 2022, lot 275
14 14     Graf Klenau Oct. 1973, lot 2351