RPC VII.2, 1460

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1460
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Without governor name, Gordian III
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.70 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 1103
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu SNG 368 = AMNG 1103/1
2 2     Budapest SNG 256
3 3     Sofia: II-1895/173,2 NAIM 1369
4 4     Sofia RHM: 117, Rizov coll. CCCHBulg IX 757
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Freeman & Sear 3, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 785
7 7     Grün 25, 10 May 1999, lot 107
8 8     Hirsch 198, 11 Feb. 1998, lot 697 = Hirsch 174, 13 May 1992, lot 992
9 9     Münzzentrum 84, 29 Nov. 1995, lot 163
10 10     Pfeiffer 642