RPC VII.2, 1559

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1559
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
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, with cornucopia behind him
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2331–2
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276080, Löbb.
2 2     O
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 938
6 6     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 294 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 52
7 7     Falkensee coll.
8 8     Falkensee coll.
9 9     Hirsch 152, 26 Nov. 1986, lot 706
10 10     Hirsch 163, 18 Fed. 1987, lot 544
11 11     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 290 = Hirsch 236, 23 Sept. 2004, lot 2532
12 12     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 907
13 13     Savoca Blue 2, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 569
14 14     SNG Evelpidis 984