RPC VII.2, 1636

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1636
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ(ΝΙΟϹ) 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
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 386
Specimens 24 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature; on the rev., sometimes, letter forms ΔΙΟΝΥⳞΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, or retrograde E.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 683-2005
2 2     Cop SNG 189 = AMNG 386/1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.15249
4 4     V: GR 7827
5 5     Dobrich: I 4332 Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 190
6 6     Shumen: 446.7 Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 189
7 7     Bertolami EA 83, 6 June 2020, lot 1230 = Bertolami EA 73, 14 Sep 2019, lot 1217
8 8     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Falkensee coll. = Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 206 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 186
10 10     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4110
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4111
12 12     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 52 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 687
13 13     Münzzentrum Rheinland 105, 10 Jan. 2001, lot 370
14 14     Pecunem Gitbud Numismatik 2, 9 Apr. 2017, lot 90
15 15     Pegasi BBS 139, 17 Aug. 2010, lot 189 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 183
16 16     Rauch EA 12, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 917 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 191
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 14, 27 Dec. 2014, lot 326
18 18     Savoca Blue 4, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 636
19 19     Solidus EA 12, 17 Feb. 2017, lot 250
20 20     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 182
21 21     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 184
22 22     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 185
23 23     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 187
24 24     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 548, pl. 49, no. 188