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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανὸς βʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian, 2
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ ΕΠ(Ι) Χ ΚΑΙΚΙΝΟΥ Β ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἁδριανοπο(λειτῶν) ἐπὶ (ἄρ)χ(οντος) Καικίνου βʹ Σεβ(αστῶν)
Translation of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans, under archon Kaikinas II
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder resting on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.95 g
Axis 6
Specimens 11 (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
10 10     B. Michaux coll. = N&N London EA 39, 4 Nov. 2023, lot 503
11 11     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 15, 7 Dec. 2024, lot 369