RPC VII.2, 1621

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1621
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar 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 ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν εʹ Διονυσοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation of the Dionysopolitans, 5
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield against her throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.22 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 390
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 497B
2 2     B: 18270527, Löbb. AMNG 390/1
3 3     C: 6355-2007
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2132
6 6     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 522
7 7     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 528, pl. 39, no. 49
8 8     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 528, pl. 39, no. 50