RPC VII.2, 1472

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1472
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.21 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1102
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΥΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276619, 1910/325
2 2     Sofia: 5107 NAIM 1379
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Elsen 59, 12 June 1999, lot 1462 = Elsen 54, 13 June 1998, lot 605 = Vecchi 1, 1 Feb. 1996, lot 891
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4157
6 6     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4158
7 7     Pfeiffer 641
8 8     ✸ Pfeiffer 641, 20 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4156