RPC VII.2, 1642

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1642
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 ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition Διονυσοπολιτῶν εʹ Διονυσοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation of the Dionysopolitans, 5
Reverse design Tyche (without kalathos) standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.36 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 401
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18270584, Löbb. AMNG 401/1 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 542, pl. 46, no. 146
2 2     Sofia: 7727 NAIM 396
3 3     Sofia: 10012 NAIM 397
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 114 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 305 = Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 542 = Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 542, pl. 46, no. 143
6 6     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 95 = Savoca EA 33 Silver, 12 May 2019, lot 193
7 7     Savoca EA 41 Silver, 23 Feb. 2020, lot 173
8 8     Savoca EA 91 Silver, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 390 = Savoca EA 41, 23 Feb 2020, 174
9 9     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 542, pl. 46, no. 144
10 10     Tachev, Dionysopolis p. 542, pl. 46, no. 145