RPC VII.2, 1430

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1430
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Prosius Tertullianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 241–4
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, raising right hand, in left hand holding globe
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield against her throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.38 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG —; Calomino, Die-sharing M3
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1432/1–3, 1434/1–14, 1492/1–17 (Odessus), 1493/1–8 (Odessus), 1494/1–10 (Odessus), 1495/1–13 (Odessus), 1496/1–5, 7–30 (Odessus), 1497/1–19 (Odessus), 1673/1–2 (Tomis), 1675/1–2 (Tomis), 1676/1–17, 20–4 (Tomis).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 8490 NAIM 1361
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     cgb.fr MBS 43, 29 Apr. 2010, lot 540 = Gorny & Mosch 117, 14 Oct. 2002, lot 356
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 918 = Leu 72, 12 May 1998, lot 498 = Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 232
5 5     Leu 17, 31 May 2025, lot 353