RPC VII.2, 1431

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1431
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Prosius Tertullianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Gordian standing left, holding spear and parazonium; behind him, Nike standing left, placing wreath on Gordian's head, holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.15 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 1100; Calomino, Die-sharing G2a/M2
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1433/1–3, 1677/1–2 (Tomis). 1: same rev. die as 1432/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Sofia NAIM 1363 ?= AMNG 1100/1 (Plovdiv) = cast in BBAW