RPC VII.2, 1453

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1453
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ BBAW: 73 CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 310 = Hirsch 164, 29 Nov. 1989, lot 709
2 2     Sofia: 671 NAIM 1450
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 138
8 8     Pfeiffer 712
9 9     Pfeiffer 712, 10 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 161, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 267
10 10     Schulten, 27 Mar. 1990, lot 865