RPC VII.2, 1638

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1638
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν ἐʹ
Translation of the Dionysopolitans, 5
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus, and without stairs; globe on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 393
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18270531, Löbb. AMNG 393/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CNG EA 272, 25 Jan. 2012, lot 195 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 558, pl. 54, no. 248
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 303, 29 May 2013, lot 174 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 558, pl. 54, no. 249
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4112
6 6     Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 588
7 7     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 219
8 8     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 558, pl. 54, no. 250