RPC VII.2, 1101

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1101
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing left, lion skin over his head, placing knee on back of the Ceryneian hind, both hands holding it by antlers; at his left foot, club lying right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 621; Tachev, Anchialos 20–5
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4751
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 214 AMNG 621/2 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 628, pl. 129, no. 24
2 2     ✸ B: 18246331, 1917/194 Tachev, Anchialos p. 628, pl. 129, no. 23
3 3     Boston: 2008.1056 Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 227 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 628, pl. 129, no. 22
4 4     Brussels AMNG 621/1, pl. VIII, 5 rev. = Tachev, Anchialos p. 628, pl. 129, no. 21 = cast in BBAW
5 5     CNG EA 80, 7 Jan. 2004, lot 45
6 6     Helios 2, 25 Nov. 2008, lot 382
7 7     Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 784 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 630, pl. 130, no. 25
8 8     Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 491 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 628, pl. 129, no. 20