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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἄντω(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
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
Edition Ἁδριανοπο(λειτῶν) ἐπὶ (ἄρ)χ(οντος) Ἑρμοκράτο(υς) Σεβ(αστῶν)
Translation of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans, under archon Hermokrates
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.43 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 7–8: same pair of dies. 6–8: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
15 15     Numismatik Naumann 147, 1 Dec. 2024, lot 525