RPC VII.2, 1454

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1454
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Without governor name, Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.66 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1171
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 1258 AMNG 1171/1
2 2     ✸ O: Walker Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 554
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4191 = Künker 23, 30 Sept. 1992, lot 651
5 5     Pfeiffer 708, 30
6 6     Pfeiffer 708.31
7 7     Schulten, 1 Apr. 1987, lot 957