RPC VII.1, 805

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 805
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Kaikinas II (archon)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Β
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ ƐΠ(Ι) Χ ΚΑΙΚΙΝΟΥ Β ϹƐΒ
Reverse design Tyche standing l., holding rudder resting on globe and cornucopia
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 8: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–5, 8: same obv. die as 802/1, 803/1, 804.1/1–2. 1–3, 8: same rev. die as 806/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Jacquier 17, 1995, lot 497 = Jacquier 18, 1996, lot 369
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2235 SNG vA 8375
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 173 = Sternberg 11, 1981, lot 313
4 4     P: 1206 Wa 6082
5 5     B: Löbb. ZfN 12 (1885), p. 345, no. 2
6 6     V-ON SNG Leypold II, 1556
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1810
8 8     P: Chandon 1063
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1797