RPC VII.2, 1197

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1197
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Anchialans
Reverse design Demeter seated left on basket, holding ears of corn and poppy, and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.16 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference AMNG 641; Tachev, Anchialos 130–4
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4780
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., the form ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ also occurs and, on the rev., the form ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18246353, Fox AMNG 641/1 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 650, pl. 140, no. 132
2 2     ✸ B: 18246354, Löbb. AMNG 641/2 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 650, pl. 140, no. 133
3 3     Kyustendil: 25 CCCHBulg II 275
4 4     Aufhäuser 16, 16 Oct. 2001, lot 418
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Tachev, Anchialos p. 650, pl. 140, no. 130
9 9     Tachev, Anchialos p. 650, pl. 140, no. 131
10 10     Tachev, Anchialos p. 650, pl. 140, no. 134
11 11     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 150 blue, 10 Dec. 2022, lot 642