RPC VII.2, 1451

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1451
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Without governor name, Gordian III
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 confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.26 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18276492, 1915/68
2 2     Elsen 67, 15 Sept. 2001, lot 737 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 329 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 815
3 3     Pfeiffer 711