RPC VII.2, 1641

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1641
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) 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 εʹ Διονυσοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation of the Dionysopolitans, 5
Reverse design Theos Megas standing facing, head left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.24 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18270581, 1918/436
2 2     ✸ O Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 191
3 3     Balchik: 79 Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 554, pl. 52, no. 222
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 338, 5 Nov. 2014, lot 165
6 6     Private coll.