RPC VII.2, 1615

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1615
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Persephone standing right, holding sceptre and pomegranate, facing Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference AMNG 2321
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276071, I-B AMNG 2321/1
2 2     V: GR 8198 AMNG 2321/3
3 3     Sofia: 2322 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(12)
4 4     Sofia: 3572 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(20)
5 5     Varna: I 5333 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(1)
6 6     Varna: I 5601 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(14)
7 7     Varna: I 3273 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(17)
8 8     Varna: I 95 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(6)
9 9     Varna: I 3222 CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(9)
10 10     A. Rusev coll. = V. Bekov, ‘Roman provincial coins of Odessos from the collection of Aleksandar Rusev (1st century BC – 3rd century AD)’, Journal of Historical and Archaeological Research 1–2 (2016), pp. 175–95, no. 14
11 11     A. Rusev coll., Varna = CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(19)
12 12     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Falkensee coll.
16 16     Grün 71, 16 May 2017, lot 1573 = Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 151 = Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 851
17 17     N. Mitkov coll. = CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(2)
18 18     N. Mitkov coll. = CNO IV, no. XXIII.6.3-4(4)
19 19     VAuctions 332, 28 Sept. 2018, lot 262 = Hirsch 319, 2 May 2016, lot 677